Your User name and real name (first name is all I ask)
Laurie
Your Angels name(s)
Jacob Wayne Dreier. We call him "Jake" most of the time.
Your Angels Birth Date
March 8, 1988
Your Angels Death Date
March 13, 2006, five days after his 18th birthday
State that you live in
Iowa
Your Angels Memorial Page(s)
http://jake-dreier.memory-of.com
To old friends and friends I haven't met yet:
I have been away from here for quite some time. I have been struggling so hard with my grief and depression, feeling like I fell off the planet -- away from my support system that is here. I have been gone so long and feeling bad that I haven't stayed in touch. Well, I'm trying to fight my way back into life and want to stay in touch with all of you because it helps so much. Jake's memorial site needs to be updated a lot. I hope to get back to that, too.
Jake has been away from us -- his physical presence, anyway -- for almost two years. He became suddenly sick and died within hours of bacterial meningitis. He was a senior in high school, so talented, so funny, so loved!
It is hard for me to recount the story. I am plagued with guilt. I still can't believe this happened to him -- that this has happened to us. As the new year approaches, it is frightening to think of being one more year removed from him, but I remind myself I am one more year closer to reuniting with him.
My heart is so touched by so many stories and so many pictures here and on memorial sites. Sometimes it seems overwhelming, but I want you to know how much your precious sons and daughters and other loved ones mean to me, too.
Peace,
Laurie
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Jake's mom
The price of love is grief.
http://jake-dreier.memory-of.com
Thanks for visiting his site. It means so much to us!