We are buying time. We are trying to get our Jim to Bone Marrow Transplant. We are still waiting on all the testing being done on blood samples. We wait and wait and wait!!! We are frustrated and we know Jim is getting tired too. There are moments when it all looks so hopeless, but then a quick prayer asking God to give us strength, and away we go. We need all of you to keep on asking along with us for His help. Prayer can move mountains, we are told, and we must believe in His strength. Hear O Lord the sounds of our calls, hear O Lord and have mercy. Amen! Jim's dad will be there tonight and for that we are grateful. He is there to help and watch out for his son. He is grateful for the opportunity! We ask our Heavenly Father to hold both of them in the palm of His hand. To gently touch Jim and heal his body wracked with this disease. Please Lord heed our Jim's needs and answer them with a donor! Amen.
We want to thank Family Practice for sending over a Mexican dinner with a beautiful salad and cheescake for dessert! What a treat! Also, a DVD for Tyler, Charlotte's Web, a beautiful story. Thank you all so very much, your kindness overwhelms all of us.
Love to all of you,
Jim's Family
September 11, 2002
Dear Family and Friends,
At 8:48pm this evening, God called our dear Jim home to Him in heaven. We lost a precious life, that was given to us 30 years ago. Jim was a unique, human being. He achieved a great deal in his short life. He was proud of all of his accomplishments, but he felt his wife and son to be his best achievement! He loved them more than anything he had ever done!
He was a star as a son, and made his dad and me very proud. We loved him from the moment he was born to the moment he passed. He was one of our best achievements! There are three others that we put up at the top with him, his sisters! They too loved Jim, he was there #1 brother!
We thank God for having him these 30 yrs. and we sent him home with our love. We know we will see Jim again, Jesus told us! We will always carry him in our hearts and we ask you to remember him and every so often whisper a little prayer to him. He'll be glad to hear from you!
Thank you all, from the bottom of our hearts, for your prayers, concern, gifts, food and whatever else you have done for us. We have been so moved by all of you, we will never, ever forget! We love you all and if we can ever do anything for anyone of you, please don't hesitate to call! We ask you to join us in celebrating Jim's life by attending Mass on Monday,
September 16,at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, in Utica. We will give him back to God, with thanks and praise! Details will be forthcoming in newspapers, and on this website. Thank you all and peace be to you!
Love,
Jim's Family