Another Hurting Mother  / Sheri

I know your pain. I lost my only child in a car accident 2 years ago. 2006. He was also 17. It has been the hardest thing in my life. I still cry everyday. I found you on the Compassionate Friends Rememberence Walk site. I am doing that also.I will be at the whole conference that weekend. My son has a site on here too. He had blonde hair just like Scott. I laughed about the allergy shots. My son took them and we did the same thing about the waiting and the water fountain! Oh Paxton thought he was so slick on doing that and sneaking out before his 20 mins. I guess our two angels can laugh together about doing that now. They sound alot alike.

I don't know how you lost your son but I hope the pain is getting somewhat easier for you. I wish i had other children to share memories with like you have. God Bless you and your family.

Sheri Newbern

paxtonfarris.memory-of.com

 

 

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Thank you Scott  / Oliver Brown (friend)
Dear Horsley family,

I'd like you to know how Scott touched my life, and made a difference - and how he was confident in who he was.

I had an awful time at Jefferson Road School, starting in the first grade. I was at the bottom of the pecking order and I can count on one hand the number of kids who were friendly toward me. I was bullied physically and emotionally nearly every day. It got so bad I eventually had to leave the school district entirely to get a fresh start.

Scott and I were classmates in the sixth grade. You'll be proud to know that Scott didn't care what the other kids thought. He wasn't afraid to be seen with me or to hang out with me. He saw me for who I was, not for what I had been labeled. He was my friend. I remember us sitting together on Mr. Mona's couch during break-time and doodle on paper or on the Etch-a-Sketch. I remember he'd sing Mona Lisa when he used the Etch-a-Sketch. We liked to listen to Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life on the turntable. We'd talk about skiing and girls. We'd goof around during recess. Simple things, for sure, but powerful. At a school where few ever talked to me, and where nearly everyone teased me, Scott's camaraderie was really something. He was a real friend - genuine to the core.

Scott is still alive in my heart. I think of him often, especially when I hear Nat King Cole or Stevie Wonder. I never got to thank him, so I am thanking you. I am sure you miss him tremendously. He was really something.

Sincerely,

Oliver Brown


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Amanda Joy Alstatt  / Dee (Friend)
Dear Gloria..
I have some news I want to share with you, it is about Amanda.  

http://virtualmemorials.com

God Bless and Grace 

Dee...  Amanda's Daddy
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like its 1983  / Josh Harrison (friend)
Gloria:  I tripped upon this site and glad I did.  I still feel now like I did when I first of Scott's accident:  that it seems like such a waste gtiven everything Scott had to offer but that there must be some greater purpose for him.  I've thought about Scott from time to time since I have three daughters and one son.  May the Lord bless you.
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I am so sorry to hear about your loss  / Alyssandra Granado (no relation )
The memory of Scott lives on forever, May God Bless your family. Close

Rememberance / Kathy Frost (Friend)
I went to school with Scott since Jefferson Rd.  I didn't know him well in high school, just on a friendly "hello" basis.

Because we were not close friends, it comes to a great surprise to me that I have never forgotten him and quite often dream of him.  I had a series of dreams about Scott over about four years starting in college.  They progressed from him being a ghost to ending with me touching and hugging him. 

I haven't dreamed of Scott in some time (though I do often think of him, especially when I drive by his street) until last night.  In my dream I saw a picture of him on a flyer but when I got hold of the flyer, his picture was gone.  I then saw his face again in my dream, but I can't recall any more of the dream.

This morning I thought a lot about that dream and wondered when Scott had passed.  I figured it must have been in May since it was around prom time.  I couldn't shake the dream and decided to see if I could find any information on him on the web and found this site.  Well, when I saw that he passed on April 2 I was a  little shocked but then not too surprised.  The dreams I've had about him have been very powerful ~ I've been having them now for 23 years.

I don't know what any of this means other than Scott has certainly don't been forgotten by me.

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