Terry "Michael" Houston

Hey there Michael,

I'm at work thinking about you as usual.  I miss you so much:( 

Everthing at home is about the same. Dad and I just wor all of the time unless we are going to one of Aidans baseball games. Did you see that home run he hit for your birthday? It was awsome!!  That was his very first one. I got all of your flowers planted at your bench at the cemetary and when they grow some they will be beautiful. I hope you like them.

I know that with each passing day the time for us to be together again gets closer and closer. We picked Zachery Thamm for your memorial scholarship this year. He is graduating from Parkland. I think we made a good decision. He is a nice young man.

You know when I am sitting on your bench when the wind blows ever so slightly I feel like you are there with me giving me a hug and saying Mom everything is ok. Please don't worry. I love you more than life itself and I miss you so much. It has been almost 10 years since you have been here at home with us. It just doesnt seem possible.

Well we will talk later on my way home as we normally do. I love you son!!

Mom

Miichael,

I'm just sitting here at work missing you more than ever. I love you so much. Things at home are about the same. Your dad and I  took Jared and Aidan on a vacation and they had a great time. It would of been PERFECT if you were there with us. I look at the last pictures I have of you and can just imagaine how handsome you are right now. I just want you to know my love for you will never disappear. I will continue to laugh at all of the funny things you used to do, continue to smile when I look at your picture and continue to cry for you everyday until we meet again. 

My wonderful son, I love you and miss you so much.

MOM 

Wow Michael, You will be 25 years old tomorrow. It is hard to believe. I would give anything to have you here with me and dad and Shannon and everyone that loves you so much celebrating your special day but I know you are having a very special birthday in Heaven with Granny, Clay, Whitney and all of the family and friends that have gone before us and all of the new friends you have made in the last 7 1/2 years. I would be making your favorite birthday cake right now and planning a very special party for you if you were still here with me. I remember all the birthdays before and each one as very special. You will always be forever near me and live in my heart forever!!!   Have a great day my special son and always know how much you are loved and missed. We WILL be together again and that day will be such a blessing...I love you ....Mom

Michael

 

It is almost Christmas again and I have missed 7 years with you here. I miss you so much that sometimes I just can't stand it. I remeber when you were little and you got that big blow up Godzilla and you were so excited and so cute. The year you got your black leather coat and how handsome you were in it. The year Jared got a play kitchen and you were playing in it with him and I have the pictures of you pretending to cook with him. It snowed yesterday and I remeber when you were very small we had a big snow and you were outside playing in it and made a little bitty snowman that was almost as cute as you. Oh my God I miss you so much!!!

I don't like my new life without you. I try hard everyday but sometimes I just don't think I can make it much longer without you and then I find that strength from your sister Shannon, your dad and Jared and Aidan and yes God. NEVER DOUBT MY LOVE FOR YOU and just know that I will be able to hold you in my arms once again soon when we are all back together again as it should be

 

Merry Christmas my wonderful son and I love you so much. Mama

Hi Michael.....I'm just sitting here at work thinking about you of course, as I always do. I was wateringmy flowers last night and I was thinking about you when you were a little boy and how much you loved to water the yard or just play with the hose. You would have on a t-shirt and your diaper and stand outside for the longest time.

 

I was taking a nap on your bed the other day and it was just like you were there with me. Your room still looks the same with all of your baseball trophies, video games, movies and all of your stuffed animals on your bed. Aidan sleeps there when he comes to spend the night. Jared doesn't like to go in your room because it makes him very sad and that's ok.

 

Everytime I go past the baseball field at Parkland I remember how much we loved to watch you play baseball, there and at South Little League. Remember the home run you hit at Parkland? That was so exciting and I was so proud of you as I still am.

 

I love you so much and I miss you more and more everyday. We all do, but I know we will be together once again in Heaven. MOM

My condolences, as feelings of pain and bitterness become unbearable. It is my desire to convey a comforting thought based on the Holy Scriptures

          

  John 5:28 "Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out."

 

 

This passage speaks of the resurrection of our loved ones. It is not God's plan to see us suffer and die, so He extends the following invitation to us: "Come near to God and He will draw near to you" (James 4:8)

 

Please go to the following link to obtain more information regarding the Hope expressed in this passage and again we are sorry for your loss.

 

 http://www.jw.org

 

Worldwide Candle Lighting , The Second Sunday of December

The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and friends around the globe in lighting candles for one hour to honor the memories of the sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, and grandchildren who left too soon. As candles are lit at 7:00 p.m. local time, hundreds of thousands of persons commemorate and honor the memory of all children gone too soon.

"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself. They come through you, but not from you. And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may house their bodies, but not souls. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. The Archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far. Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness; for even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable." - Kahlil Gibran

To the family of Michael,

I came upon your son's site and I read it...what a sad story...the worse fear most parents have...DRUGS!!!!

It is so sad that someone is stupid enough to hand out pills that he stole. I'm sure Michael thought it was safe and just wanted to experiment. It's too bad this child didn't take the pill himself...you got to wonder why he'd want someone else to take it...Perhaps he lives with lots of guilt today, but he can't expect sympathy as he was old enough to know right from wrong. He didn't just make a mistake, he took a precious life off this earth...this is a permanent! He has endured lots of suffering, pain and loneliness on a family...I'm sorry to ramble but I hate drugs and I hate the way people try and push them onto others.

One day you'll be with your precious Michael again...and it will be for enternity...never will you have to say good bye again.

I hope Michael has meet my Angie, because she was a fun, loving girl and she sure would make sure he's happy with all the other Angel Friends they have.

My deepst sympathy...no matter how many years go by...the pain is always there.

Hugs
Donna Mom to Angie Robert