My friend Naomi with Jeremy!

My friend Kim...(Clue Game...)

To the Driver with liscence # 771 EZL (silver car.)

I would sincerely like to thank you for trying to kill my husband, my newborn and myself tonight while we were driving home on the ring road from the North End of Regina to the East End. It is ok...I really don't like my life anyways....
OH....I'm sorry...this sounds really SARCASTIC.
Here is what happened...you make up your mind if you think this is out of line....

It is 9PM, and Kendal and I were driving home after having coffee with my grandson, and his parents at Second Cup. There was no traffic on the road, and we were driving 90 in the right hand lane. All of a sudden out of NO WHERE this car who had been passing us on the left cut directly in front of us, with less then 5-10 feet to spare. NO kidding. Fortunatly I slowed down fast enough to avoid hitting him...(or the ditch) which would have been pleasant going 90.....
Now I am upset, so we follow the guy...who by the way stayed just above what I was driving right ahead of me....and he heads to the East End and stops at the light...

At this point Kendal gets out...(oh-oh) and walks up to the driver...and says.."Why did you cut us off? You almost killed us, and our new born is in the car....." Get this....The guy says...."You should have been going faster. The speed limit is 100 on the Ring Rd"....This is the point where Kendal loses his temper....and says"you tried to kill us because you thought we weren't going fast enough for you?"

WOW. Ok....anger management people.....I really don't get how someone would want to kill another driver on the road...over 10 km......

I am feeling VERY fortunate tonight that we didn't have an accident, and that God looked out for us....but I am also very angry that people have become so inconsiderate of other people...that if things don't go EXACTLY their way that they need to respond in such anger....

Has anyone of you reading out there found that in the last couple of years there is more road rage then there used to be? Let me know...

And to the driver of the car with the above lisence #...I know that you will probably never read this...but if you do....SHAME ON YOU.

More Clue Pictures.

Here are some more pictures that Wayne took at our Clue game. This is our friend Paul, and his kids Cheris, and the incredible Hulk.... (Paul is the youth leader and associate Pastor at Avonhurst)

Creepy....

These pictures were taken by a guy from our church named Wayne during our big Clue game...He is obviously a great photographer.....he definately captured the essence of that which is Damien....(LOL!) ((You would have to know the guy...)) The pics are hilarious!

Lunch at Dennis and Susan's

We went over to Susan and Dennis's house for a barbeque a couple Sundays ago...and Jeremy was fussing....Not for long though. He just loves Dean. I think it is something about his low voice or something, but he settled right down and passed out. A little while later Dean was holding Talon, who was being a REAL handful, and Talon sat more still for longer then I have ever seen him....20 minutes! He was absolutely fascinated with the stripes on Dean's shirt too....Whatever works...Dean has the touch....

Coffee at Crystal's

It is hard to believe that Ethan is already a year old! Crystal is actually back to work next week! It seems like Kendal and I were in the hospital seeing Ethan for the first time just yesterday....

Here are some pics....

Ethan with grandma

Dinner with Brenda and Jason

Boy, am I ever behind on posting stuff....
Last weekend, Brenda and Jason took us out for dinner to this new Indian restaurant in town. It was called Flavors of India.
They had really good food and service..and an excellent buffet....It is a family business, and they will be hosting a pavilion at the Mosaic this year...
I am looking forward to checking it out.
Ironically enough though...it was the fourth or fifth restaurant we went to...it was really busy around town, and we couldn't find anywhere to eat...
Glad we ended up there anyways....

Mercy and Brenda

Creepy kendal

Up to something.....)there's something new...

Drooling for dinner!

(Jason is drooling for dinner too!)

Jeremy"s song....

Gone for a year....

From Mary

Hi Kendal

Thanks for the e-mail. that is very kind of you.Yes, this year has gone by
fast. I have Josh and Jeremy's pictures side by side, and look at them and
wonder why. But there is only one person who knows that. I still do security
work and Jeremy is always with me. I have sent a picture of the kids, i
don't know if Donna has sent any, so I thought you'd like to see them.
Leroy,Rose and daughter Lisa with Donna and the kids have gone to Stanley
Park in Vancouver for the day. So they will have their time for themselves.
The sun has been shining with light showers, but all in all they are
to-gether.
Thanks again Kendal
All the best to the family
Mary

From Tracy

I wanted to put a post up on the net but I just didn't know what to say....
I can't believe it has been a year... I know what you mean about people
saying or doing something that reminds you of Jeremy. And then I also think
that he hasn't been in my life for awhile, and I go onto his blog and read
things and look at pictures and everything comes flooding back and I
remember all the great times we had over the years and it just starts to
hurt all over... I can't even think about what it is like for Jeremy's
family. I am glad that you sent out this post and added the pictures....
They make me laugh and make me cry and It is so good to remember!!! Jeremy
was one of the best friends I have ever had in my life and I can never
replace him, but I can keep his memory in me and all the great things he
represented.... I truly believe having him in my life made me a better
person.

Thanks Kendal..

Tracy

One Year...

Today it has been one year since Jeremy been gone. I still miss Jeremy a lot and think of him daily. Some days are harder than others. Robyn and I found out we were pregnant about a month after we came back from his funeral. That day was probably the best day of my life, and my first reaction was to want to call Jeremy and tell him. We were in Williams Lake right after Judah was born, and got to see him, and hold him, and see Jeremy proudly holding him. It was such a blessing. Knowing Jeremy would not get to share that with us was hard.

Before Jeremy died we told him we were trying to have a baby, and that if it was a boy we were going to name him Jeremy. When our Jeremy Liam was born on Jan 10, we deeply missed Jeremy and wished he could have been there. Recently on March 31, when the two year anniversary of Josh' death came and went that was also a hard time.

Birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, etc... are all times where you miss people you've lost. Sometimes a song will come on the radio or someone will make a comment that reminds me of Jeremy and I will find myself getting teary- eyed. Recently I was showing off some pictures(in my cell phone) of our baby to people at work. We came across this picture of Luke Skywalker. They wanted to know why I had Luke Skywalker in my car and I had to tell them the story.

Jeremy used to have this hanging from the rear view mirror in his Blazer. Whenever you went anywhere with him he'd suddenly say, "Loook!" and point in the general direction of Luke. You would say, "What am I looking at?" and Jeremy would look at you like you were a little slow and reply, "Luke, you know Luke Skywalker..." So one day we were driving down the highway and I pointed out into the field and said, "HEY!" Jeremy looked out and said, "What?" To which I pointed to the hay bales in the field and said, "Hay, you know hay bales..." Later Robyn took Luke hostage and never got around to returning him.

Just telling the story at work brought back so many memories, that I had to fight back tears.

If it is this hard for Robyn and I, I can only imagine what Donna, Rose and Leroy are going through.

Donna, Rose, and Leroy, we just want you guys to know that we haven't forgotten and we are thinking of you and praying for you.

Jeremy we miss you a lot.

Sunday, March 25, 2007