08/04/2015
7 years ... Where has the time gone. It still feels like yesterday this horrible day happened.
I remember clearly getting that panicked phone call from Mom. I remember the race to get to Tiverton Police Department. I remember looking at my parents faces waiting in that little room. I clearly remember my Dad saying, "This isn't good". And he was absolutely right.
This day was not one of Joey's Crazy Prank Days. This was serious.
I remember going to the Hospital to check on Brandi Lee Hurst Hart. I remember her absolute distress, looking at the clock, saying it's been too long! I remember finding out that a Firefighter searching for Joey passed in the process. How? Why? What the Hell!!!
All of this stays fresh in my memory for some un-Godly reason.
What I know now is that Joey is with us EVERY SINGLE DAY!
We talk about him, I swear, daily. Something will trigger a Joey story. The boys remember him like he's still with us.
I'm still waiting for the phone to ring & hear "Bubba!!!!" on the other end. I'm still waiting to see the pain leave my Mom & Dad's faces. Yet, it's still there...
What I do know today... without a doubt ... is that God took you for the most amazing reason. God had a plan. He knew the boy's would need your guidance from Heaven!!! He knew that in a few short years Jacob would come down with a horrible disease & that you wouldn't be able to help him down here, although you would've tried like HELL. God KNEW the only way for my Baby to beat this would be with you guiding from Heaven. And boy did you! You gave me/us so many signs. I knew it was you the whole time! I am FOREVER grateful.
I miss you terribly. I would do anything to sit with you just one more time to hear your crazy ass stories. To see you laugh that laugh... To hear you snore that bear like snore.
I love you Joe. Thank you for all you have done for us.
YOU ARE MY ANGEL!!!
RIP: 8/3/2008 - 8/3/2015