As Your Birthday Approaches  / Jenny Tavendale Mum To Ross

Sending Birthday wishes
to you Jacob
And praying you send your
family special Angel Hugs

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I miss you...  / Liz Beitzel (Friends Forever! )

Hi Jake! I know its been a while since i have been on here and im sorry, but dont think for one minute that you dont pass thru my heart and my thoughts on a daily basis, because you do. I want you to know that i still miss you so much and that i still love you more then any other because Jake, you really were such an amazing person n you touched my life like nobody ever has n for that i am greatful. I dont think i ever had the chance to tell you this before you passed but, you know how we were distant with eachother for a while because of stupid dramma, then during summer school the summer before you passed we got real close again? Well i was so thankful for that. It really ment alot to me for us to be so close again like we were before all the stupidness. I wonder if you know that i talk to you sometimes, i wonder if you can hear me because even if i dont hear your voice speaking to me i feel you in one way or another and thats enough comfrot in itself. Your birthday is comming up and i cant wait to bring you the coolest balloon ever in the world! :) I love you Jake n all of our amazing memmories together will be kept in my heart until the day i come and join you in heaven! Ill talk to you soon, keep smiling!

<3 Always and Forever
            Lizzie!

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Take Good Care of Her  / Dad (Dad)
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Jake & Sadie....  / Karen Gosselin (Mom.....)
Another sad day......

We lost our family dog Sadie this evening....she died peacefully at our home, at about 1:15 am......

I'm certain that Jake was up in heaven waiting for her to come be with him.....

A Dog's Plea

Treat me kindly, my beloved friend, for no heart in all the world is more grateful for kindness than the loving heart of me.
Do not break my spirit with a stick, for though I should lick your hand  between blows, your patience and understanding will more quickly teach me the things you would have me learn,

Speak to me often, for your voice is the world's sweetest music, as you must know by the fierce wagging of my tail when your footstep falls upon my waiting ear.

Please take me inside when it is cold and wet, for I am a domesticated animal, no longer accustomed to bitter elements,.  I ask no greater glory than the privilege of sitting at your feet beside the hearth.  Keep my pan filled with fresh water, for I cannot tell you when I suffer thirst.

Feed me clean food that I may stay well, to romp and play and do your bidding, to walk by your side and stand ready, willing and able to protect you with my life, should your life be in danger.

And, my friend, when I am very old, and I no longer enjoy good health, hearing, and sight, do not make heroic efforts to keep me going.  I am not having any fun.  Please see that my trusting life is taken gently.  I shall leave this earth knowing with the last breath I draw that my fate was always safest in your hands.....


RIP Jake & Sadie.....
We love you both with all our hearts......




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Anger / Carla Hannibal (Another Grieving Mom )
You don't get over you just get thru it,
You don't get by it because you can't get
around it
It doesn't get better It just
gets differant
Everyday grief puts on a new face ....Jacob your moms words on the grief forum struck a nerve with me.. I am still so angry that you and others like you have to go because of others foolishness...angry too had the boy who murdered my son...rory-adams.memory-of.com
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Interesting thoughts and perspectives.  / Mark, Zach, Hailey Rowe (Cousins)
Jake,

I was fortunate enough to be able to travel and see almost half a world away a couple of times this past year.  On my last trip Austria I spent a lot of time on the plane thinking about many topics, mostly those that involve my own children and very often about your life and how short it was and it came to be at some 30 thousand feet, that while you experienced quite a lot in your lot, I'm sure your mom wouldn't argue that point, but what really got me thinking was all the things you didn't get to experience, see, or enjoy.  Here I was visting far away places, seeing things that don't exist in this country and thinking how lucky I am to be able to see these things.  I thought many, many times what this tragic event took not only from your family, but from you personally.  That last trip almost everything I looked at caused me to reflect on you.  As I was walking past one of the shops in the small city I was in they had keychains with names on them that were made to look like Austrian liscense plates.  I was lucky enough to find one with your name on it and now it sits next to the marble memorial stone with your name etched within it.

What is even more interesting about these thoughts is that while I was gone, Hailey made and earth out of her blue and green floam she got from St. Nick.  She said she made it for you.  No one told her what to make or who to give it to.  In her four year old mind she decided it would be an earth and give it to you.  When I got home we visited the cemetary and put the key chain and the floam earth there and as Hailey set it down I thought how fitting and yet somehow a strange coincidence that while I was 6000 miles away thinking of all the things taken from you, my little girl was having similar thoughts in her own mind.  She related the earth she made and by putting it there so that you could see all of that Earth.  I thought it made an interesting perspective.

You were sadly missed, but often thought of on New Years Eve 06'.  While fun was still had not a sole there would argue the fun would of been better with you in person instead of just in our minds. Close

I hope...  / K.

I hope....

To hear his voice in his sibling's songs.  To see the sparkle of his eyes in the lights of the tree.  To find the gifts of Christmas that cannot be bought...Peace, Love and Hope.  
Shower me with Love and Peace for my soul.  Give me your presence, not your presents.  Decorate my heart with precious memories and tender care.  Let my tears fall freely like new fallen snow.  Reach out your hand, show us you care.  Send us the Brightest star to guide us through these darkest hours.

    

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The Choice is Yours......  / Karen Gosselin (Grieving Mother )
     

     As I've tried and tried to cope with the loss of Jake.....I've spent the week reflecting on the loss of the 3 boys from the Milwaukee north side. Another senseless loss of lives caused by the irresponsibility of a driver that made the choice to drive 3 times the legal limit.

These boys were the sons and nephew of a former co-worker of mine. Never before have I attended a funeral of 3 at once. The grief was overwhelming. The outpouring of love and support was evident that these boys will be sadly missed by their whole family, and many many friends and classmates. Their other son is in a coma suffering from massive head injuries. I know the pain of losing a child, however I can't imagine the pain of losing 3 at once, with another barely hanging on.

I take this opportunity to remind all, how the choices we all make behind the wheel, can change someone's life forevermore. Quite honestly, I'm sick and tired of those that make these bad choices and continue to take the innocent lives of others. The choice to drive without insurance, the choice to drive a vehicle with no brakes, so badly in need of repair it's downright pathetic. The choice to get behind the wheel impaired, can certainly be prevented. and the choice to drive a vehicle so badly needing repair it can barely stop, IS A CHOICE THAT CAN BE AVOIDED!!! It's nothing but common sense. If the car does not stop, DON'T DRIVE IT. If you're too drunk to drive, CALL FOR A RIDE!! What is so difficult? The bad choices are killing innocent people. People that didn't deserve to die such violent deaths at the hands of others.

I'm also sick and tired of those that don't take responsibility for their choices. If you can't take the responsibility of driving, and the consequences that your bad choices can result in, stay the hell off the road.   Your bad choices and irresponsibility has affected many many people.  Our lives will never be the same without Jake.  Our lifetime of suffering the loss of Jake is unfair.

I long await the day when the people responsible for my son's death finally admit it. Admit the bad brakes, admit the no insurance. and stop denying the facts surrounding the death of my son. I'll wait till the day I die myself for an apology. Never actually expecting to get that apology. Throughout the last 2 years, I've learned how people can manipulate the truth, how denial can obviously help comfort those guilty parties for taking these innocent lives. Not a day has gone by, that I have not cried and cried over the loss of Jake, not to mention the loss of all of these innocent people that have died since, as a result of the bad choices of others.

In closing I take this opportunity to ask all to pray for the family of my friends who have suffered this tragic loss of their boys. I ask for everyone's heartfelt prayers, that their injured son recover, and prayers of comfort as this family grieves their losses. Their road to recovery is long and lonely, and it's only just begun.

Thanks everyone, and God Bless all of you,
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Just one more day...  / Uncle Steve
Today is just one more day that I sit and reflect on the past with tears in my eyes and memories of Jake still fresh in my mind. Although it's been 2 years since he left us, it feels like only yesterday that Jake was here with me. I can still see his smiling face and all those scrapes on his legs from riding his bike. It's not getting any easier dealing with this meaningless tragedy. I can't even count how many times I've sat here and written down my thoughts, only to erase them for fear of being misunderstood. There are many stages of grieving, but I seem to be stuck in the anger stage. As I sit and think of Jake, I can't ever get past the feeling of anger and hate I feel inside. My heart aches, and I struggle with every breath as I try to understand why this was allowed to happen. I'll never get over the feeling that Jake had no control over any of it. 

There is something I've been wanting to do, but have yet to come up with the courage to do so. There is a special person that has come to us through all of this, and one day I hope to meet her. I want to touch the hands that last held Jake, and thank his Angel for being there for him. I hope to someday come up with the strength to do this.

To Jake: I love you buddy, and you're in my thoughts every day. One day when we meet again I hope to get all the answers to the questions I have. 

Rest in Peace Jacob.

Uncle Steve.

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He is so far, but yet so close...  / Rebecca Tibbits (Childhood Friend )

Rebecca , Me(Becky), and Jacob and their cousin Jessica grew up together on the block of 15th and Clevland in Milwaukee. We were all good friends for so many years. I moved away and lost contact of them. I missed so much of the best of Jacob and Rebecca. I missed them so much while we were apart. Then come to find out that he had passed away...I was devestated. I couldnt even imagine the pain Karen, Perry and Rebecca had to face. What Im trying to say is, With all the memories of all those smiles(my mom Nancy said that they lit up the room)I will carry those with me forever as close to my heart as I have been through all of these years.  I want to give my condolences to Karen(the best mom in the world), Perry(the best Harley Davidson rider)and Rebecca(my best childhood friend). You guys will always be apart of me and held close to my heart. Jacob and the Gosselin family are in my prayers tonight and every night. Untill we meet again Jacob....Rest In Peace.....

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I Miss You  / ~.~
When days are sad and lonely,
And everything goes wrong
I seem to hear you whisper
"Cheer up and carry on"
Every time I see your picture,
You smile and seem to say,
"Don't cry I'm only sleeping
We'll meet again someday."
You gave me no last farewell
Nor ever said good-bye.
You were gone before I knew it,
And only God knows why.
A million times I will miss you,
A million times I will cry.
If love alone could have saved you,
You would have never died.
In life I loved you dearly.
In death I still do.
In my heart you hold a place
No one else can fill.
It broke my heart to lose you,
But you didn't go alone.
For a part of me went with you
The day God took you home.
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I cant believe its been so long....  / Jessica Picard (Very Close Cousin )
I cant believe that 2 years ago today you were taken from us.  I remember that day like it was yesterday and sometimes i wish that those and only those memories could be erased from my mind. i also remember that i was supposed to call you that day on my lunch break, and i forgot. i am so sorry that i didnt call. i think of that all the time. that would have been the last time that i coulda heard your voice, the last time that you woulda said "i love you" and the last time we would have said our goodbyes.  its so hard to look back and think of all the "what if's". what if i would have called you. what if we all knew this was going to happen. and what if we could have prevented it. i am so greatfull that you were in my life, even if it were for that short period of time. i am so glad that we were as close as we were. we grew up together. we were like two peas in a pod. we were the trouble makers of the group. lookin back at all the great times that we had makes me think of all the great times we could have had. but i guess i just have to keep concentrating on what did happen not what could have. today is just a reminder of how much you touched each and every one of us. you were an amazing person and im sure that you are watching over each and every one of us every step of the way. i love you jake. please keep us all safe.

love you always,

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