5 years and I miss you...that part never changes.I love you as much today as I always have...that will never change either.You were a Blessing to me...one of the best parts of me and for that I am forever thankful
Another year has passed...today, / Susan (Sister) ...and today it still feels the same as it did 5 years ago when you were taken from me from all of us who love you. I miss you so much Michael I miss my friend I miss our talks I miss our laughing together I miss talking about current events just miss everything about you. There is a small consolation in knowing that Sid is serving his second of many years in prison for taking you from me. I know that we are not supposed to seek solace in other people's misery but I hope in cases like this the Lord will grant a reprieve and allow for this exception to his rule. It helps me to know he's behind bars day in and day out. He took you from me now his life is altered as well. It's the only justice I can get so I'll take it...and enjoy it while I can. I have a new member of the family...yes I got another kitty. Some jerk threw him in a dumpster apparently he does this with barn cats. What the heck is wrong with people! I adopted him his name is Emmitt. I didn't name him but I like it. He just arrived home today. He's very scared and nervous...luckily Apollo and the other two kitties are being kind to him. They'll be fine I'm sure after a few days. i swear Michael sometimes you feel so close to me...i talk to you and it seems I actually feel your responses back to me. I wish I knew what that was all about. I'm just going to enjoy it as long as it lasts. I love thinking it's your soul reaching out to me. I know I feel better after it seems so real. I'll be glad when I too learn the mysteries of our Heavenly Father and his home that he has waiting for us...and seeing you and Mom and Dad and our extended family once again. I miss you all so much. It seems strange being the sole survivor of our immediate family. God has blessed me with some treasured friends I wouldn't trade them for the world. I love and miss you terribly Michael still always and forever. Your little big sister.
Just needed to talk to you.... / Vickie (Friend)
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It's Susan's Birthday today...I know she is missing you.Maybe you can send her a sign,let her know you miss her too but, she needs to enjoy her Birthday and make it all about her.
Our Birthdays are coming up next in July...hard to believe you have been gone so long already.I want to attempt to make it to your grave this Summer.I want to see the bench Susan had made for you.I know it is beautiful!
I don't know why I am just rambling...I do miss you.I still miss being able to pick up the phone knowing you will be there to answer it and just talk to me.
Wow! you would think this part would get easier...the missing you part,the angry because someone took you away from us part.None of it gets any easier...none of it makes sense.Nothing about you being gone is right.It was too soon...it still gives me chills knowing you knew.I don't know how or why but, you knew.I'm sorry I didn't want to believe you when you said it.You know it broke my heart to hear you talk that way...but, you knew.That is all I can say.
I downloaded some Journey and Air Supply the other day..wish I could send you the cd's.I know you would love them!
Michael Lee ....I miss you and you are with me always as I am with you.Hopefully some day we will meet again.
I Love You My Forever Friend,
Vickie Lynn
All Out Of Love..... / Vickie (Friend)
I remember the night we talked on the phone for hours and you played that song for me.....How you loved listening to Air Supply.
I am still missing you Michael......still wishing you were only a phone call away.
What I wouldn't give for one more night of "Name That Tune" with you :)
I often wonder ...what we would we be doing now if you were still here with us?
All I am sure of is that .....even in death you can still make me smile and I know you are watching over me.I know you are still loving me.A piece of my heart belongs to you.Always has ...Always will.
I Love YOU "My Forever Friend"
Vickie
Your two favorite cousins have joined you... / Susan (Sister) My goodness Michael, the tragedies that have befallen us since you left us. It's hard to believe that both Rick and Greg are with you. I wish that you were all three here with us again, but knowing that you're all three together somehow makes it just a little easier. I'm jealous...you get to know in reality what I only know in faith. I envy the three of you that...just a little, and not in a bad way.
Three young men, all taken home so young...it could really try one's faith, thankfully I have faith in knowing that there was no malice in your being taken home, at least not by our Father.
I miss the three of you so much...I have just the fondest memories of you. There are many hearts here that are so very broken at your passing...I know we'll make it through, because we are strong in our faith I pray.
To Michael, Rick and Greg...in loving memory of all you...always. Your loving sister, and cousin...
Our Birthdays... / Susan (Sister) Once again Michael..it's that time...after almost a month, we are the same age, yet in just a few hours, you would have moved up a year. I remember you always teasing me about trying to catch up with you ;) I guess I've finally passed you (brat!) :) I miss my birthday e-cards. You always found the nicest ones...and you always remembered.
In four months it will be three years since you left. Your murderer is still free awaiting trial...it's still unbelievable to me, after all this time, that he's still simply free. I'll never understand the laws, never. With all of the wittnesses, and still he's free.
I miss you my Michael, forever...and always. Happy Birthday Michael. I love you my brother...
My Brother Michael... / Susan (Sister) Michael is the sweetest soul I know. I say "is" because his soul is still around...somewhere. I feel him with me sometimes; I'm so grateful for that...
I still wonder sometimes how long surreal will last. His death took a part of me with him, maybe to keep him company as well, from missing me.
Michael is my brother, but he was also my best friend, my mentor in some ways, and he never judged me, nor me him. We loved each other in spite of our faults. You don't find that very often in siblings...sometimes, there's rivalry, thank God we didn't have that. We had a sense of pride of pride in each other's successes, and helped each other with our failures.
I miss him beyond belief...what a loss for me and many others.
I love you Michael...my brother...
Thank You Vickie for this beautiful web site, in memory of Michael / Susan (Sister)
I wanted to say a little something on behalf of Vickie for making this site, for making it as beautiful as she has, for making a site where those of us who love Michael can have a place to visit and where we can share our memories, our thoughts and even our sadness in his passing. I didn't know that Michael had touched so many lives with his kindness, I'm not surprised in the least though, he was just that kind of guy. Thank you everyone for sharing your special moments/memories with Michael, with me and the rest of us. I know how special Michael is/was, it just means so much to read that so many others thought so as well. God Bless you and yours. Susan
You have done a fine, fine job with this website Vickie, and your compassion and love for Michael is evident in this memorial. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, for me, and for those who can't see past their own faces to the truth within.
In all of the time that I knew Michael, he was never the one to complain...too much :) .... about his own plight in life. Instead, he did what just came naturally to him, enriching the lives of those around him.
His sister Susan meant the world to him, and woe be unto you if he caught you bad mouthing her. His love for Susan, and hers for him, is well known, as anyone who was around when those two got together will attest. Oh Yeah! One of those people would be Me! Sibling rivalry? Yeah, sure, like any other family, but they were always there for each other when the other needed them.
Michael could listen to you pour your soul out to him over a couple of beers, like a priest in a church, and chew you out the next second like a Drill Sergeant talking to a wayward recruit....all with a smile on his face so you knew he was serious, but not upset. Ok, but in his Mullet days it was hard to take him all That seriously! LoL!
Michael will always hold a special place in my heart, as I know he will in many, many others. Why? Because Eagles Don't Flock. You have to find them One at a Time. And Michael was always an Eagle. I wish him nothing but joy and peace now that he has found that clearing at the end of a long trail. I love you Brother. Fly Free.
Uncle Jim's Passing... / Susan (Sister)
My Dearest Michael
Our dear Uncle Jim passed away last night...guess you knew before I did. I can't help but smile when I think of the reunion in Heaven...you Dad Uncle John Uncle Jim our other family members all welcoming Uncle Jim home. Finally he has his body back...he sure made the best of his disability in spite of it but now he's back to his old self again back in his 20's before he was ever diagnosed. What an amazing man...it was nice talking with Vanessa today remembering Uncle Jim before he back bed bound...he will be missed by those of us still here.
I still find it fascinating that science can look back in time to see how the worlds were created get timelines on our origin and yet science will never uncover what happens in death that is something that only the dead know and they take their secrets with them. No piece of the puzzle left behind to study...God's best kept secret well that and of course when he will come to take us all home.
Michael do give Uncle Jim a big squeeze for me...tell him that I love him and welcome him home.
I love you my dear Michael...always. Close
In my thoughts / EW
I always of think of you and your father on this day and remember all the conversations we had about the sadness I know in my heart that there is now peace for you. I miss our conversations and the way you had of making so many things better and I wanted to share with you that one of my babies is having a baby. I know you will look over them for me. I feel you some times and that gives me peace as well.
I will carry you with me always. Close
Samantha too.... / Susan (Sister)
Hello My Michael goodness can you believe it...two of my critters within two weeks of each other. Take care of my precious little babies little Samantha and Samson. I try to picture you with all of our lost pets over the years. You must have a couple dozen of God's precious creatures around you (smile)...I know you are loving that! You always had a passion for God's little creatures. I so wonder about you all...and miss you the most of course. It is comforting to know that if you had to leave first that you are with all of our furry little friends who left before us. I love you my Michael and miss you so terribly. All my love to my best friend. Your little big sister. Close
Samson is with you... / Susan (Sister)
My Dearest Michael...I had to send Samson to you today. God what an awful thing to have to do...put a sweet little critter to sleep. I hope Samson is in your arms now. My precious little kitty...you loved him too. Please take of him for me like I'm caring for your sweet little Apollo for you. ...I know that you will. I sure wasn't ready for him to go today...wasn't expecting it. I so hate surprises...this kind anyway. One minute you have a breathing little kitty in your arms and the next he's just not breathing any longer. It happens so fast...when the docs administer the meds they're just gone. What a horrible horrible day. Little Samantha will probably soon follow Samson. 17 years is a long time to share a life with a little kitty. You always laughed when I wore Samson around my neck amazed that he would let me do that with him. He was the most gentle sweet little kitty I've ever known. He had a wonderful little life at least there are no regrets there.
I love you and miss you Michael. And thank you for taking care of my baby for me. xoxo always... Close
Memories/ Vickie (Friend) I wanted you to know that I burnt a CD the other day full of all the songs I know you loved.I enjoyed searching for the songs,it made me feel closer to you. Isn't it funny how the simplest little things sometimes makes you feel so much better? Thank you for still being there for me... I love you My Forever Friend,
Just hello... / Susan Stafford (Sister)
My dearest Michael, It's Memorial Day weekend, both you and Dad and so many of our Uncles are remembered during this holiday for your service to our country. You always loved and respected this Holiday, as do I. Just thinking of you, wishing we could talk on the phone or in person. I can still hear your laugh, I guess that's good...and your voice. I don't think you will ever become a faint memory for me, thank God for that. It's Spring time, I know you loved Spring too. it's as pretty as ever. I bet you have a much more awesome view. I love and miss you Michael...your little big sister. Close
So Much Love / Susan (Sister)
My Dearest Michael,
I'm still amazed when I visit your site and read the heart felt writings of loved ones and on occasion, total strangers, aren't you? I will always love the fact that you don't have to be here physically to touch people's hearts. You certainly touched mine, but I am a little biased ;) - It is new year; 2009...I still can't believe how time just passes, yet my feelings of loss for you are as if I was just told what happened today. Just over four years now...I did OK over the holidays this year. I didn't go anywhere, I stayed home this time. Didn't give myself a pity party, just stayed home and relaxed and enjoyed the time off from work. I think that's acceptable. I actually celebrated Christmas for the day it is intended to celebrate. Jesus' Birthday. I read some of the Bible, and watched some Christmas specials on television. Took a little trip down memory lane...I still remember the one Christmas, a few years ago, when you came over to my house and just the two of us decorated the Christmas tree. The last time you and I had shared a Christmas together was when we were kids. We drank some Asti, and just decorated away. We both commented about how much fun it was, just us, decorating and talking about child hood Christmas memories. We had some great ones, that's for sure. I love you my dear brother, and miss you terribly...me. Close
You are loved / David Bernal (no relation )Read >>
You are loved / David Bernal (no relation )
Michael, I never met you or knew about you til I stumbled upon this website by chance. But by God, you have such great family and friends who love you, and anyone would want to be as lucky you to have that. From the post of your loved ones I can tell you were a great person who impacted many people. I pray that you are in Heaven enjoying such perfectness you deserve. You have honestly impacted my life for the better. I hope you get a chance to read this, because I want to thank you for showing me that kindness pays off in the end.
Peace and Love to you and your family and friends,
David Bernal Close
This Day / EW (Friend)
Michael I think of you every day but I always feel close to you on this day. I remember how sad you would be but how many stories you would share. I miss talking to you. I am only glad when i think how many of your loved ones you are now with. I miss you always Close
Remembrance of you... / Susan Stafford (Sister)Read >>
Remembrance of you... / Susan Stafford (Sister)
To all of those who Love and remember Michael...16 November 2008 was the one year mark that his killer has been in prison. This is a glorious anniversary for me, for such a horribly sad, sad occasion, the loss of my precious brother Michel. My family and I waited three long years for justice in my Michael's death. I didn't realize at the time...but Sid going to prison was what my soul needed to begin the recovery process of losing Michael. Sid being in prison doesn't bring Michael back, but knowing he is now sharing a very small part of what I have been experiencing brings me some semblance of peace...he isn't sharing Holiday's with his family, he isn't sharing birthdays, or spending time with his family. I hope in that small sense he is miserable. My heart does go out to his family though, for they certainly didn't ask for this. My heart goes out to all those who have suffered such a loss, and perhaps have not been able to have their day in court...I pray that somehow you can find the peace I have found, I pray there is an alternative for you, in feeling the sense of justice that perhaps the court systems have not been able to provide for you. Perhaps knowing that judgement by our Heavenly Father one day will be passed on the one who has taken your loved one will provide you some peace.
I miss my Michael so much...much Love Micael, your little big sister. Close
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