Hi Jerry, I think I finally found you. I would love to share my son with all of you. His name Marcus "Mark" Tyler. Mark was murdered Dec. 5, 1992. It dose not seem that long to me at all. Mark was my only son and died at the age of 26 yrs. old. He had a little girl at the time of his death that was only 6 weeks old. She never got to know her daddy except what she is told. Mark loved to fish, work on his car, play basketball. We all love Mark so very, very, much. I feel somedays as if he is going to walk in the door and say Momma I'm home but I know deep down that will never happend. I know with all my heart that I will see and be with Mark again. Their is never a day that I don't think of him. I would love to have a big old hug from him again and I know that day will come .

Thank you Jerry we appreciate that.

Chad Arthur Holbrook was born November 24, 1990 at 7:45 am on a Saturday morning. He weighed 8lbs 14.5 ounces and was 21 inches long. He had the blondest hair and bluest eyes.

I held his hand for a little while and he holds my heart forever. We lost him on September 4, 2009 until we meet again.

Lisa

Hi Jerry,

My name is Lisa. I lost my treasured son, Chad, to a car accident on 9/4/09. He was 18 years old and priceless. He died at the scene, and never got to see him alive again after I had woken him up that morning. My husband and three children grieve his loss every minute of every day. He was one of our four special kids. His connection to me was strong. He was an athlete who was a thrill to watch on the football, baseball, and basketball courts but most of all he was a simple, uncomplicated boy with a brilliant smile that was always on his face. Goodnatured, all boy, but compassionate.

If you could have told me I could have lived one day without one of my children, I would have said "NO". However, here we are in a world that suddenly makes no sense or has any meaning.

You mentioned a grief newsletter. While its only been 5 months and we are not in the terrible second year, could you please forward.

God bless you as you work through the loss of your precious child as well.

Lisa Holbrook
(tried to send this to your email, but it came back invalid). Mine is sixholes@charter.net

Thank you so very much. I think I will be in the first year forever.

Diane Dillon
cdd3y@yahoo.com

I too live in Charlotte, NC (well Ft. Mill actually) and have attended a Grief Share class at my church, Good Shepherd UMC on 49. It was very very helpful and we may be joining it again for a 2nd time. My son Ryan died in an accident on 8/14/2009. I miss him more every day! Do you know Connie Henderson Garrett?

We lost our precious son, Phil, on Jan 16 of 2009. We miss him so much that I do not know if we can really live without him. We are so sorry about your loss.

Diane
Greensboro NC

hey Jerry, I live in Concord, NC; is there a group around here?