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<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-family:"Bodoni BT"'>6 March 2005 <=
o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-family:"Bodoni BT"'>Sure when I wa=
s in <st1:State
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Ohio</st1:place></st1:State>&#8230; when=
 I
should have been crying like a baby&#8230; I couldn&#8217;t.<o:p></o:p></sp=
an></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-family:"Bodoni BT"'>Now I&#8217;m =
at
work&#8230; a place where I should be professional.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>A place where I should put my pers=
onal
affairs aside.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>A place where I
should turn my emotions off.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>=
But it
is now that I feel like breaking down.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbs=
p;
</span>It is now that I feel the urge to let it out.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>And now I must hold it in.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Well, I&#8217;m sure if I just bur=
st
into tears people would understand but I dunno.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I think it&#8217;s harder here bec=
ause
EVERYTHING reminds me of him.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;
</span>Everything makes me miss him more and more.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>And here I am dealing with everyth=
ing
alone.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I don&#8217;t have sup=
port
like I did in <st1:State w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Ohio</st1:place=
></st1:State>.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I don&#8217;t have any help or com=
fort
here.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Sure I have a few frien=
ds
like Brooke and Nate&#8230; but it&#8217;s not the same.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>In <st1:State w:st=3D"on"><st1:pla=
ce
 w:st=3D"on">Ohio</st1:place></st1:State> I had people left and right.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I had people there even when I
didn&#8217;t want them there.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span=
>I am
always alone in the apartment.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </spa=
n>This
used to feel good.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I loved be=
ing
alone.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I loved having the pla=
ce to
myself.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Now I feel so empty. =
I feel
completely dismantled.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I wond=
er how
things would be if Jeremy just came back.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&=
nbsp;
</span>If he walked in&#8230; and woke me up&#8230;if I realized that this
whole thing was just a really long nightmare.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>How would it be?<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Or if this was like the movie, &#8=
220;Family
Man&#8221;.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>(Where he gets to=
 see
how his life would be if he got married and had children instead of being a=
lone
as a workaholic. &#8211; It ends up not being real&#8230; but the realizati=
on
causes him to reunite with the love of his life&#8230; and he decides he wo=
uld
rather be a family man than a business man.)<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Anyway&#8230; I wonder if this was=
 just
a glimpse.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>And tomorrow I wil=
l wake
up Sunday 6 February 2005 at around 8 am&#8230; refreshed&#8230; I would wa=
ke
up a different person&#8230; I would wake up enlightened.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I would run to the phone to call my
hubby.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>To let him know I love
him.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I would let him know I w=
as
sorry for the times I was a brat.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </=
span>I
would tell him I missed him and couldn&#8217;t wait to see him again.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Then he would be like, &#8220;Joy,
what&#8217;s gotten into you?&#8221;<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;
</span>And I wouldn&#8217;t tell him about my glimpse&#8230; I would just
say&#8230;, &#8220;Oh nothing&#8230; I just had a dream I lost you and it f=
elt
so real&#8230; I don&#8217;t ever want to feel that way again.&#8221;<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-family:"Bodoni BT"'>This stuff only
happens in movies&#8230; I hate it because it gives me hope.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I subconsciously think something l=
ike
that could turn this all around.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </s=
pan>I
didn&#8217;t think this would sit this heavily on my heart.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I mean I knew it would hurt for a =
long
time&#8230; but I had no idea it would be this &#8230; I don&#8217;t even h=
ave
a word for what I am right now.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </sp=
an><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-family:"Bodoni BT"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o=
:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-family:"Bodoni BT"'>Tonight when I=
 fall
asleep&#8230; and today turns into tomorrow&#8230; at 3:18 am&#8230; it wil=
l be
one month since I lost him.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>S=
ince
Jeremy left this earth.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>It&#8=
217;s
been one month already wow.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>S=
o much
has happened&#8230; It&#8217;s amazing&#8230; you never stop to think that
something like this would happen.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;
</span>Everything is taken for granted.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nb=
sp;
</span>It&#8217;s so incredibly sad that something like this has to happen =
to
open people&#8217;s eyes&#8230; God, I&#8217;m sorry.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-family:"Bodoni BT"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o=
:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-family:"Bodoni BT"'>I took it all =
for
granted.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>If I didn&#8217;t <s=
pan
class=3DGramE>I</span> wouldn&#8217;t have treated those I love the way I
did&#8230; I would have shown my gratefulness.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I should have just believed it cou=
ld
happen&#8230; and lived each day as if it were my last&#8230; Sometimes you
should just take someone&#8217;s word for it&#8230; it doesn&#8217;t always
have to happen for you to believe it.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;
</span>Believing is seeing right???<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;
</span>I want to believe that Jeremy is in heaven and he can look down on us
and see how we miss him&#8230; and see how he has impacted so many lives.<s=
pan
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I want to be able to believe this
without seeing him&#8230; without him giving me a sign&#8230; without him
appearing as a ghost&#8230; I shouldn&#8217;t need that to believe he is st=
ill
alive somewhere!<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>How does one=
 have
that much faith???<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I want&#82=
30; I
need faith like that.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span><o:p></=
o:p></span></p>

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