Three Months Without You

October 28, 2024

It’s been three months without you, son, and my heart continues to break.

I’ve always loved the single frame that contains school pictures of a child which displays every picture from kindergarten all the way through the senior year. Each small picture from every grade forms a circle around the large 8×10 picture of the child as a Senior in the center of the frame.

I made sure to purchase every school picture of John through the years so I could hang a frame like that on my wall once he graduated High School.

For some reason, I never purchased that frame which allowed and to this day, I don’t know why.

I did, however, make a Facebook post after John’s murder that was titled “John through the Years”. This post contained each picture of him from Kindergarten through his Senior year.

My very sweet MJ friend, Jolanda Van Der Grift, surprised me by creating this beautiful video which I will treasure forever.

Here’s my John, through the years.

I miss you John.