Mrs. Lisa,
My deepest condolences. My heart and prayers go out to you and the rest of the family. I know this is honestly the hardest thing a mother can ever go through, my heart really goes out to you. I can’t even fathom, what you’re going through right now. Jonathan will be missed dearly.
Although Jonathan and I haven’t seen or spoke to each other in quite some time I will always remember my first little love and the wonderful moments we shared together.
Jonathan has and will forever hold a special place in my heart and apparently on my arm too.. I don’t know if you remember the time we decided to erase each others first initial onto our arms, but nearly 20 years later that “J” is still present on my left arm. Who knew the power of a simple No. 2 pencil eraser.. It’s pretty silly we unknowingly gave each other our first tattoos in 7th & 8th grade.. I can never forget my mom and your reactions when y’all found out we did that to ourselves.. I think at the time you guys said told us it would be there forever but I didn’t think y’all meant forever lol but honestly I wouldn’t take it back if I could.. It’s my sweet little reminder of Jonathan and the memories we shared ❤️
These are a few of my favorite memories:
* Cheering on Jonathan at his baseball games. He was such an incredible baseball player, so talented!
* Jonathan riding his bike and sometimes walking over 10 miles round trip to come see me at my dads every weekend. (Honestly only the sweetest most dedicated guy in the world would do that, that’s so far! Especially of Junior High kids.)
* Talking on the phone for hours.. “we were always tying up the phone lines”
* Jonathan religiously make me sing Mariah Carey “Always Be My Baby” every single night before bed. (He claimed he couldn’t sleep unless I sang it lol still to this day if I ever hear that song I think of him)
* Jonathan taking my Mariah Carey CD without my permission after we broke up (Breaking up wasn’t funny of course but we’ve laughed so hard about this one.. Jonathan would tell me that he really loved that song and had to have it since I wasn’t singing him to sleep anymore) 🤣
*I’ll always remember how he made me laugh, I’ll never forget his smile.
These memories don’t seem so long ago to me maybe because I think of them all the time, I can’t help it with my constant reminder. 😋 But I do regret that Jonathan and I didn’t stay in touch throughout the years and that I didn’t know what was going on in his life… Jonathan left us all way to soon and will forever be loved and missed.
♾️❤️♾️
Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the funeral, I’m extremely gutted that I can’t be there today to show my love and support. Since I can’t be there I’ve decided to donate the same amount my airfare would have been to NAMI in memory of Jonathan.💐🙏🏼
❤️Sigrid