Always around me...
I have been following this blog since the inception and I am happy to be apart of it as a contributor now. It's hard to write down how you really feel about someone and/or where to begin. I lost a best friend but Jim is always around me. The hardest part was finding out what happened when I was 1000 miles away and not being able to see my friend for the last time but Jim is always around me. He called me a few days before he left for Florida and asked if I wanted to go with him, I couldn't because I had already planned a trip of my own...I wish I had gone.
Memories are all I have left. Waaay to many to even write down. Memories that i often catch myself thinking about lying in bed at night or day dreaming at work. Jim is always around me. I have his initials R.J.A. tattooed above my heart. I got on AIM the other day for the first time in a couple of years and there was his name "RIDE THE RUSSBUS" showing under moble phones. I sent him a message and it replied, the next time the phone gets turned on, the person would receive the message. I know Jim turned it on. I have his Sandcastle ID card in my wallet (which says "RUSTY" on it because we all know Jim went by like 5 names, haha). I have his picture beside my bed which my daughter always talks about because Luke is beside him. She always asks, "Where is your best friends doggy at, I want to pet him." And I always reply, "Luke and Jim are in the sky watching you right now." Jim would probably have been my oldest daughter's Godfather, she would have loved it.
I look forward to sharing more memories and reading more memories. Jim is always around me.
posted by Mike @ 1/11/2011 11:25:00 AM
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Thank you so very very much! I visit the blog at least every other day hoping to find some new story or memory, Most days there is nothing and it bothers me that Jimmy may have been forgotten but then I know from the bottom of my heart that that could never be the case because my awesome nephew could NEVER be forgotten. Finding your post made me feel like I just won the lottery! Please keep visiting and please encourage others that might have a story to visit & post! I, too have that picture of Jim & Luke on my dresser next to my bed. I see him in the morning and each & every night. As Martha Stewart would say..."It's a good thing"!
Mike! So glad you posted on the site. I wish I would have known sooner that you wanted to be a contributor. I've always wanted all of Jim's family and friends to be a part of it.
I too still have Jimmy's "ridetherussbus" on my AIM buddy list, and he's always online! It freaks me out once in a while, but I think it's still on for a reason.
Jimmy would have been a wonderful Godfather and he would have been sooo honored. That was always our plan as well. I wish our girls could have met him, but truly they already know him.
And Aunt Sue.. Jim could never be forgotten. I think about Jim just about every day. His picture is at my desk at work and in my living room. His rosary is always in my purse, and the littlest things remind me of him. I think that a lot of people actually come to visit this site regularly. However, I think people don't contribute because it can be painful to contribute at times.
In 40 minutes it will be Jimmy's 29th birthday... and I'll be waiting up so that I can try to be the first to say "happy birthday..."
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