Jacob Casey Foundation

17 YEARS

YOU STILL COME INTO OUR THOUGHTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY
WHEN WE RUN INTO YOUR FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY,
BE IN A CERTAIN PLACE OR HEAR A CERTAIN SONG,
ALL REMIND US THAT YOU ARE FOREVER GONE

IT STILL AMAZES US THAT SO MANY PEOPLE REMEMBER YOU
COMPLETE STRANGERS WILL TELL ME THEY KNEW
PEOPLE OF OCALA WILL NEVER FORGET
IN THEIR MINDS, THE MEMORY OF THAT DAY IS SET

SUCH A PROFOUND LOSS, WE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
I’TS IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO KNOW THE DEPTH OF OUR PAIN
BUT WE DO APPRECIATE THE EMPATHY YOU FEEL
THE SYMPATHY YOU HAVE SHOWN, WE KNOW IS REAL

17 YEARS HAVE GONE BY AND WE STILL GRIEVE
FROM THAT WE KNOW, THERE IS NO REPRIEVE
BUT WE HAVE NO DOUBT, HEAVEN IS YOUR HOME
WE KNOW YOU ARE HAPPY, YOU ARE NOT ALONE
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JOHN 11:25 TELLS US YOUR SOUL CONTINUES TO LIVE
TO HAVE YOU HERE, THERE'S NOTHING WE WOULDN’T GIVE
TURNING 36 TODAY, BUT 19 IS WHO YOU WILL ALWAYS BE
BEYOND THAT AGE, WE CANNOT SEE

YOUR MEMORY LIVES IN OUR HEARTS WHERE IT WILL STAY
WE KNOW WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN ONE DAY