Just One Rose:

Dennis drew this on an envelope which held a letter inside
that he wrote to me while he was in Eckerds Wilderness Camp.
He wrote: It's just a little something for you but I did it myself...
Little did he know that now this Rose is one of my prize possessions.

I Love You Mom:

Dennis made me a Valentine's Card one year,
while he was in Eckerd's Wilderness Camp.
He drew this on the card and wrote inside:
Roses are Red, Violets are Blue,
You'll always know, that I love you.

After Dennis passed away, I looked for a sign from him everywhere.
I could not believe that he would just up and leave me without a
word, without a goodbye. I was driving down the road on April 30th,
1998 at 7:49 p.m. and I was thinking about him and I starting crying.
The light changed to red and I almost run over the car ahead of me.
It scared me a little and I told myself I needed to get a grip. That's
when I happen to noticed the license plate on the car ahead of me.
DRY-7616. The first thing I thought was Dennis's initials and he
was born in 1976. I looked up at the sky and asked him if he was
thinking about me and did he keep me from hitting that car, and there
it was! Something I had prayed for, since his death. My Beautiful
Rainbow: This may come as a surprise, but I had never seen a
rainbow before. After Dennis's death I survived basically because of
God's promise. I asked God to send me a rainbow to let me know
my son was in Heaven and I would see him when I got there.
People would tell me that it wasn't uncommon to see one. They seen
them all the time, But I hadn't! Ever, and this worried me. Then there
it was. My Rainbow. My Beautiful, Beautiful Rainbow!

When Dennis was about 4 years old, we were outside playing and he found
a bird that was fluttering around. The bird was hurt and Dennie starting
crying. I got a box and a towel and laid the bird in the box, then I told
Dennis to say a prayer. I also prayed. I asked God to please not disappoint
my child. I asked him to show him the power of prayer I told him he could
make a believer out of him for the rest of his life, if he would just do this. The
bird died. Dennie didn't understand if God could save the bird, why didn't he.
I couldn't explain, because at the time I was mad at God too, for not
answering Dennis's prayers. I never forgot that:

My Love, My Life, My Joy, My Precious, Baby Boy:



Gone For Now-But Never Forgotten







Music By: Kenny Chesney/Me And You

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