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Manuel Gutierrez
July 17, 2024
We love and miss you my brother. God bless all of us and let us be protected. In Jesus Christ his name we pray.
Angie
October 26, 2021
Jesse , I´m so sad for knowing your mom passed. I love Lisa. May she be with you by the river and may you both watch over Ryan and Nick. I love you both.
Lisa Busch
August 10, 2021
August 10, 1973, God blessed me with this amazing and beautiful child. God loaned you to me to love and care for to the best of my ability. We had many hardships along the way, lots of tears, fears and heartaches, but that only made us stronger. Not even death can sever the love that God instilled in our hearts. I love and miss you so so much. Words cannot even explain.
Happy Heavenly Birthday my love!! One day we will be reunited again. How glorious that day will be!!
Meet me by the river.
My everlasting love
Mom
Lisa-Mom
July 20, 2021
My dearest son...missed and loved more than one can fathom. July 20 is definitely a date that I wish never happened. I have beautiful and fond memories that I hold dearly and lovingly in my heart. No one can ever take that away. Your birthday is coming up...another day that will be even sadder because you´re not here.
One joyous day we will meet again. Until then, my love remains everlasting. Meet you at the river.
Watch over your son and brother.
Love,
Mom
Angie
April 30, 2021
Thinking about you Jesse. You’ve been heavy on my mind lately and I want you to know that your NEVER forgotten. Always in our hearts and prayers .
Angie
Lisa Busch
February 5, 2021
Missing this so very much!
Proud parents...so young!!
Lisa Busch
February 5, 2021
Beautiful picture
Lisa Busch
February 5, 2021
Lisa Busch
February 5, 2021
What can I say? I miss my sweet and beautiful son. Every waking day, I see his picture and every end of the day I longingly look at his picture again while I pray. There’s this deeply set void in my heart that remains just that...a void. I cry...
Everything happening in this world is so devastating. Our own America is fighting with each other, unjustified decisiveness, so much hatred aimed at each other, our police officers are being hated on...and so on and so on. It’s a sad and heartbreaking scenario. I cry...
I thank God that my son is not here to witness so much travesty. But yet I cry...
I love my son more than the mind can imagine! There’s so much that was left undone; so many words unspoken, so many tasks that we should have done together, yet his time was cut short...I cry....yes, I cry to this day...it’s never over...the pain is never over.
You’re so privileged to be one of God’s callings. Rejoice with Him around His almighty throne!! I have lost so many of my siblings. I miss them all so much!! I cry....I cry...
Sending my ever lasting love to my first love...I’ll cherish my son’s memories always in my heart.
My love for my kid is still so strong!!!
I love you, Jesse, forever and ever
My eternal love
Mom
Lisa Busch
August 7, 2020
Truly missing you so much, my heart aches.
I love you, Jesse!!
Eternal love
Mom
Lisa Busch
February 4, 2020
I sit here every night with your framed picture to my right. I feel like we watch TV/Rockets/Astros together. Crazy on my part, but I talk to you when an amazing play happens!!
I miss you more than what words can express!! I love you even more!!!
I'll meet you by the River....you, I and all our friends and family will rejoice and dance around God's beautiful throne!!
Eternal love always,
Me!!
Watch over Nick, Ryan and all your friends and family that miss you bunches!!
❤❤❤❤
Lisa Busch
January 14, 2020
Missing you...
Lisa Busch
January 13, 2020
So much sadness and brokenness. . Your Aunt Gloria has passed away. Not even 3 weeks after my brother!!
I ask God for strength and mercy. .
I miss and love you so much! Wish you were here
My everlasting and eternal love, my beautiful boy!!!
Mom
Jesse's last Christmas with us (Carlos)
Lisa Busch
January 13, 2020
Aunt Lou, Jesse & Leslee
Lisa Busch
January 13, 2020
Lisa Busch
January 3, 2020
Another death in the family!! At times I feel so broken! Seems like there is no escaping the broken heart and sadness that I feel time after time. Your Uncle Rebel has lost his battle to cancer. It was heartbreaking to see how he was on his last days.
Uncle Rebel loved you so much!! You are now together. So many deaths in such little time is something I cannot wrap my head around.
Baby boy, I wish I could see you...I wish I could talk to you...I wish I could hold you and tell you how very much I love you.
God has His plans for us all...until then, remember my love for you is eternal until I take my last breath.
Father God, I ask for love, peace and mercy. Bring joy into my heart once more!!!
I need you...
Until we meet again, you are my everlasting love...
Eternal love, my sweet baby,
Mom
Lisa Busch
October 14, 2019
My baby boy, how I miss your spunky spirit around here! I love you so much!! I miss you every day.
I'm thinking of your Aunt Margie right now. How she would make us laugh!! Now she's also gone along with my brothers and other sisters. Too much sadness surrounds me. I feel so overwhelmed, all I do is cry.
I know one day I will pass from this world and daily pray that when I do, I will be in heaven with all of you.
For now I pray and try to do the best that I can.
Watch over us...
Forever you will have my
Eternal love ❤
Love you, Jesse, with every fiber of my being.
Eternal love again....
Me
Lisa Busch
October 2, 2019
Thinking of you and missing you so much, it hurts!! I love you so very much.
You remain in my heart and will forever!!
Until we meet by that beautiful river, watch over your brother and son.
Eternal Love ❤
Mom
Travis Creppon
October 14, 2018
Just thinking about my man Riv. Miss you brother.
Lisa Busch
November 11, 2017
Thinking of you every day. Missing you even more every day. I love you, son.
Eternal love
Mom
Missing you
July 20, 2017
July 19, 2017
To my dearest son,
Tomorrow will mark another year without you in our lives. I think of you every single day. I miss you every single day. Alice and I start talking about you and we both end up bawling.
July and August are pretty lonely and hard for me to bear.
Jesse, you will always be in my heart and I will hold, close to my heart, all those precious memories of you.
I talked to a friend of mine and told her about you. She told me to first of all, love God with all my being, live and love life, love friends and family, treat people good and respect the life that God has given me and not take it for granted. Most of all, to never, ever forget to put God first in all that I do. Sometimes we all need to be reminded of this. She then shared this poem with me...
"DON'T START THE DAY WITH DOUBTS AND FEARS"
Don't start the day with doubts and fears,
for where they live, faith disappears.
Love won't grow in a gloomy heart
Where sorrows live and teardrops start.
Don't give up before you've begun -
you will have time to get things done.
Don't waste the time God's given you;
Let Him be praised in all you do.
Don't be a quitter; you're not alone -
we all must crawl before we're grown.
There are no rainbows without rain -
there are no victories without pain.
Don't let God down and run away;
you can't go back to yesterday...
Don't start the day with doubts and fears, for where God lives, faith reappears.
Tomorrow I will take a wreath to your cross.
My son, until we meet again, I will forever love you...
My Everlasting love,
Mom
October 11, 2016
Missing you!!
Lisa
August 20, 2016
Loving, missing and thinking of you...every day.
Eternal Love
Me
Jesse and Travis at the river
Lisa
August 20, 2016
August 12, 2016
My son...My precious son...Thinking of you. Missing you. Loving you for eternal life.
Gone...But never forgotten.
Eternal love,
Mom
Lisa Busch
August 10, 2016
John and I went to the cemetery today. We took a beautiful wreath to put by your
headstone. I visualized you dancing around God's throne with all the other angels in celebration of your birthday. That very special day God chose me to be your mom. I will cherish that journey for the rest of my existence. What a joyous celebration that that must have been!! I think of you every single day of my existing life. I miss you even more!! We love you, my baby boy. More than mere words can express. My love for you is immeasurable. You remain in my heart and my thoughts. Always and forever! Happy, Happy Heavenly Birthday.
Until we meet again, you have our everlasting love.
Please watch over Nick and Ryan..
You, son, are never forgotten.
Love you
Me!!
Lisa Busch
July 29, 2016
I think of you ever day. I think of you every night. I smile at the awesome memories; yet I cry for not being able to make more precious ones, I know that you are in a better place. I just wish that I could talk to you again. Hear your voice, your laughter and most of all to give you a great big hug!! Now we wait. Wait until we are reunited. Until that day, know that you remain in my thoughts and in my heart. I love you, my baby boy. Today, tomorrow and always.
Watch over your friends, family, your brother and your son.
Eternal love,
Mom
N Salinas
June 22, 2016
Received a call today from someone who said they knew you went back down memory lane and cried all the way to work this morning sometimes I feel like you send me a message just to know that you're still there I'll always miss you take care
May 11, 2015
Today is Mother's Day....It is almost the end of the day...I think back to the last "Mom's day", as Jesse used to call it...I hold that day so close and dear to my heart.
There is a knock on my door...that very special knock... u see, Jesse had this knock that only John, Ryan and I knew...so there it was. That KNOCK...I went to the door...,there he stood as I opened the door...he had roses in hand and said, "Happy Mother's Day, Mom"......I was so surprised...oh my Lord!!...
You see, It was very seldom Jesse that Jesse went out of his way to do this; yet he did...With pure joy, I took the roses, so surprised, yet so happy...Jesse did not comer in the house...he simply said, : I knew you would like these roses, Mom....he left...I put the two dozen roses in a vase...admired them every chance I got...so happy with what my kid got me...You see, It was very seldom, my kid got me something...Roses? Never...
That was the last Mommy's day gift I got from Jesse...I weep...
On Mother's day, I cry, not only for myself, but for all of the Moms out there that also think of their loved ones that have left them behind...to all those moms, I pray love, peace, and sweet memories to keep them moving forward with their lives...
I keep in my heart and prayers all of the friends that remember their very own on this Special Day....
From our Kids who are in Heaven...I wish you a...
Happy Mother's Day.
I love you, Jesse...and I always thank you for my two dozen roses...I still see your face as you gave them to me...most of all, I see your SMILE...your precious SMILE...
You now and will forever have my...
Eternal Love,
Mom
Lisa
April 28, 2015
Always in my heart. Loved and missed each and every day...Gone - - Never Forgotten.
Eternal love,
Mom
Lisa Busch
February 13, 2015
Thinking of you every day. Missing you always. Loving you for eternity.
You are always in my heart and are never forgotten.
Eternal Love,
Mom
Angie Ely
September 19, 2014
Never forgotten
August 10, 2014
Happy Birthday Jesse...you are never forgotten...we love and miss you very much...Forever in our hearts...
Love
Mom
August 9, 2014
Happy, Happy Birthday, Jesse, my sweet boy....Today John and I took a pretty cross to your grave and placed it there with your flowers...Jess, you will never be forgotten.....NEVER!! Gosh, how I love and miss you each and every day...memories of you are so awesome,....they remain in our hearts, always....sometimes I wish with all my heart that one would become real...just for one day...if only I could see you...but one day I/we will...
We love you, baby... John, Ryan and I love and miss you so very much...we miss you like you would not believe!!..Until we meet again, watch over us...watch over Nick...and you will forever and continuously have our...
Everlasting love,
Kisses and hugs...
Mom, John and Ryan...
July 20, 2014
Born 1973...Gone to be with God, today, July 20, 2003...another year has gone by and Jesse, you are always in my mind and will forever be in my heart...We miss you so very much...
My friend lost her son one month ago yesterday...she seems so lost...she says she cannot go on with life...my heart mourns for her...I tell her to call on me anytime she wants to talk...all I can do for her at this point is just lift her up in prayer so that God will sustain her through all the pain and pray that HE will comfort her...
Jesse, until we meet again, I hold you close to me in my heart...I cry tears of joy for you cause you no longer suffer the cruelty of this world, and I cry tears of sadness because I wish that I could see you again...I wish that I could hear your voice......one day, we will meet again, so for now, I pray....my love remains strong for you...and always will...
Now, I cry for us....
My Everlasting love,
Mom
September 27, 2013
People tell me...it's good to move on...I ask...how?? Missing you...loving you...eternally...
Always....,. eternal love,
Me
August 9, 2013
My Sweet. sweet boy...how I miss you...tomorrow is your birthday...that special day brings back so many memories...at the time that I carried you in me, there were so many uncertainties in my life...yet, I carried on...I just knew that whatever God had in store for me was going to have some meaning in my life...little did I know just how profound that plan was going to affect me the rest of my life...yet it did...and still does to this day.
Take this journey again?? You bet...I would ride this ride all over again...from God's journey that HE had planned for us...what else can I say...in that GOD-GIVEN journey, I learned patience, joy, sorrow, tolerance, respect, sadness, and amazing love...but I especially learned about a bond between two people that I never knew existed...that I never thought possi8ble...but it was there...through the ups and downs, the bondage of love and respect between a mom and son existed...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESSE!!
YOU ARE SO LOVED AND MISSED EACH AND EVERY DAY...
Tomorrow I will take you flowers...I love you...will for ever and a day...and until we meet again...you now and always will have my...
Eternal love...
Rejoice on your special day...
Love,
ME
PS...Thank you God, for loving Jesse so very much...you wanted him so much more than you wanted him in this earth...KISS MY SON FOR ME...I love him, too
Travis Creppon
July 20, 2013
My brother today is the 10th anniversary of you going to live with the angels. I miss you so much and am so very sad you aren't here with us even though I know you are in a much better place with no pain or struggles. I'll never forget my friend and one day when my time is up I'll see you again if I can be good enough to be sent to the promised land in Heaven like I know you are. You will be one of the first people I'll try to find there for sure so we can kick it and laugh together again and some wise crack you always like to make. Look out for all of us and put in a word with God for us. Love you man.
July 19, 2013
Thinking of you each and every day...missing you...I long to hear your voice...long to see your smile...I pray that GOD allow me to dream of you with Ryan and Nick...so much was left unspoken...
Eternal love... As I always signed my notes to you and I still do to this day to all my loved one...
ME
July 19, 2013
A couple of days...seems like I am always counting days...
I was talking to my friend, whose name is also Lisa. She lost her dad and is now trying to move on with her life. She is selling/giving so many things of her dad's treasures that she and her dad have cherished for a lifetime. As we were talking about that, her eyes filled with tears and I knew just how hard it was to do what she was doing. I told her as a lump formed in my throat that I knew exactly what she was feeling. I then told her about how hard it was for me to let go of my son's personal things. I told her that to this day, I still kept an opened bottle of mountain dew that he had drank from...it still sits in my refrigerator. I told her that I gave his clothes to people that knew him and would wear those clothes with pride always with him on their mind...not that they are in style anymore, but hanging on to them still gives me a feeling of knowing that somebody is always thinking of him as they go through their clothes in their closet...brings to me a sense of satisfaction knowing that Jesse would be smiling at that...
I sat in my front room after I left my friend's house, I then wept so uncontrollably with feelings that felt so overwhelmingly...I felt my heart breaking as it mourned for her loss...and at the same time I felt my heart breaking all over again for mine...
Jess will never be forgotten...he lives in my heart each and every day...he is thought of with the utmost respect and love at all times...as I am sure my friend, Lisa will also remember her father with pride...
I try not to cry anymore...I know that Jesse would not want me to...but how does one stop tears from falling when someone is longed for and missed so very much...
As for now, with my heart aching and tears flowing, I will continue to wait...
I pray..."Never give up on me...Lord...please..."
I love you, Jesse...each and every single day...you are missed so very much...
eternal love,
Me
July 1, 2013
Seems like an eternity that you have left us...Images of you in your younger days when everything was so innocent run across my mind...how I wish that I could have those days back...I love you, Jesse, from when you were in my womb; when you were born, to now...forever to the moon...after all, you and I always said that our love would be everlasting, so until I take my very last breath, I cherish you in my heart always. You are so missed. So far away from us, yet, I sometimes feel like you are standing right next to me.
Until we meet again, I still consider this a temporary separation...
You have always had my...
Everlasting and Eternal love...
Me
Your Nick -- forever!
Angie
June 11, 2013
Nick says hi to you from KY.
December 25, 2012
Merry Christmas Jesse. You remain in our hearts always.
Lubbock
December 25, 2012
Happy Birtday, Jesus...Merry Christmas, Jesse...you are deeply missed and loved. Celebrating Jesus' birthday with all the angels is truly the greatest honor.
The holidays are sad without you here but know that you are in a better place....watch over us...especially Ryan and Nick...
Eternal love,
Mom, John and Ryan
October 26, 2012
Jesse, my son...you are so deeply missed. I think of you every single day...wish you were here.
Eternal love,
Mom
August 11, 2012
Jesse is tremendously missed and remains in our hearts with many precious and loving memories,
Happy Birthday!
Lubbock Family
August 10, 2012
Happy Birthday Jesse! You are loved and dearly missed.
Lubbock Family
August 10, 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY PRECIOUS SON...LORD, YOU MUST HAVE HAD A GLORIOUS CELEBRATION WITH ALL OF THE ANGELS DANCING AROUND GOD'S THRONE!!
I BELIEVE THAT GOD BRINGS OR GIVES CERTAIN PEOPLE TO US FOR A REASON...WELL, EVEN THOUGH I STILL CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY SUCH SADNESS IS INTRODUCED INTO OUR LIVES WITHOUT WARNING, I DO KNOW ONE THING...GOD GAVE YOU TO ME BECAUSE HE KNEW I NEEDED YOU IN MY LIFE... YOU HELPED ME LEARN, TO GROW AND TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE OTHERWISE. DO I FEEL THAT MY LIFE WAS CHANGED FOR THE BETTER?? WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT BECAUSE OF YOU, AND NOW RYAN AND NICK, MY LIFE HAS BEEN CHANGED FOR GOOD.
I AM HUMAN AND HAVE MADE MANY MISTAKES IN THIS LIFE...GOD KNOWS THAT I CRY SO MANY TEARS FOR ALL THE WRONGS THAT I WISH I COULD RIGHT...AGAIN, THERE ARE NO DO-OVERS...AND I KNOW THAT...BUT GOD FORGIVES AND I TAKE GREAT COMFORT IN FACTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AND FACTS THAT WERE MADE RIGHT BETWEEN YOU AND ME IN THE LAST DAYS...
JOHN AND I TOOK FLOWERS TO THE CEMETERY TODAY...WE SWEPT AROUND YOUR HEADSTONE...WE SWEPT AROUND YOUR AUNT LINDA'S ALSO...MY HEART BREAKS ALL OVER AGAIN WHEN I GO THERE...BUT STILL TAKE COMFORT IN THE FACT THAT ETERNAL LIFE IS WHAT AWAITED YOU AND, NOW WE PATIENTLY WAIT FOR OUR TURN TO RE-UNITE WITH YOU AND ALL OF OUR OTHER FAMILIES THAT ARE GONE.
JESS, WE LOVE YOU...SO VERY DEEPLY...YOU REMAIN IN OUR HEARTS AND YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN...
ON THIS DAY, 39 YEARS AGO, GOD GAVE YOU TO ME...JULY 20, 9 YEARS AGO, GOD CALLED YOU BACK TO HIM...SOMETIMES I FEEL DRAINED OF HOPE...I, AT TIMES FEEL LIKE I CANNOT BE STRONG ENOUGH TO GO ON...THEN I REALIZE THAT THERE IS STILL THAT ONE LOVE...A LOVE SO STRONG AND POWERFUL...AND THAT IS WHAT GIVES ME THE STRENGTH ONCE AGAIN...I HOLD ON WITH EVERYTHING I'VE GOT TO GOD'S ETERNAL LOVE AND PROMISE...KNOWING THAT YOU ARE THERE CHEERING ME ON...WELL, THAT CERTAINLY REKINDLES MY HOPE...AND ONCE AGAIN I KNOW THAT I AM NEVER ALONE...NEVER WAS AND NEVER WILL BE...ALONE...
THANK YOU FOR THE MEMORIES AND THE LOVE THAT WE SHARED UNCONDITIONALLY...YOU, MY SON, ARE STILL CHERISHED IN OUR HEARTS AND WILL BE FOREVER LOVED AND MISSED...UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN...YOU WILL HAVE HAVE MY...
ETERNAL LOVE,
ME...JOHN
July 31, 2012
When my days seem dark, I open my "mind index" and I see you lighting up a room with your presence. You are missed more than words can express.
Eternal love
Me
July 27, 2012
Jesse is missed so very much. He is thought about as we go on with our lives. His smile and awesome character is always in our hearts. He is sorely missed and loved by so many people. This anniversary, we just want to say that he is never forgotten and his loving memories still remain in all of the hearts that he touched.
SOHO
June 16, 2012
Missing you...you remain in our hearts. Wish you were here. I love you
June 3, 2012
It's funny how life plays out...around good people that we know and some that we don't..."Sunburn" was played on the jukebox as my thoughts were being surrounded by your memories...brought to mind so many sad thoughts...and I wondered..."Did you know that you were going to die??? Is that why you requested that certain song to be played at your funeral??? Time now allows me only of "I wish or if only"...I weep....
U are never forgotten and will always remain in our hearts...
Eternal Love...
Me
Manuel Gutierrez
January 25, 2012
Always thinking about you cousin.
Love the Gutierrez family.
January 24, 2012
Loving, missing and thinking of you...always. Never forgotten by everyone that loves you; still to this day, you are loved.
Your family
January 4, 2012
The new year begins and we are still left with so many uncertainties.
What are we to do with only memories left? Cry, laugh, regret, wish for a do-over???? No one gets that chance again. Live life as God wants us to live or so we try.
One that passes leaves precious memories that keep us going forward.
What now?
January 3, 2012
Treasuring the beautiful memories that were left with us.
Gone, but not forgotten. You are and will always remain in our hearts.
Maria Rodriguez
December 28, 2011
Jesse,
I don't know you
or ever met you, but I saved your post. You must of been wonderful person, your mom loves you so much along with everyone else, I wish I could of met you or maybe we did somewhere along the way. I know your in heaven, along with my brother and everyone else, one day we will meet.
Lisa
December 27, 2011
Missing and loving you with each passing day...you remain in our hearts...precious memories of you can never be taken away...that is all we have...
one of our very best friends has been killed in a horrific accident and he has also gone to be with his LORD...my heart mourns for his sister and brothers that he left behind...maybe you will meet him, Alan is his name, or knowing that I talked to him about you so much, maybe he has seeked you out and introduced himself...life is short and we need to embrace it with all that we have...love our families unconditionally just like we are loved by GOD...and give forgiveness where it is due...
I cry the most during the Christmas season...I think back to that one that we celebrated together and I embrace that memory with all my heart...I know that you are in a better place, but we still miss your laughter, conversations and simply put, your presence here...
I love you and I know that you had a beautiful birthday celebration in heaven...what a privilege to be there with GOD!!
This year is ending and a new one beginning...we don't know what GOD has in store for us, but I do wish that everyone that I love will have the joy, love and blessings of Jesus as they enter into the new year...
Watch over us...but especially watch over Ryan and Nick...for I know that you are our guardian angel.
YOU ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN
Eternal love,
Mom
Lisa
November 8, 2011
The holidays are upon us again...I go back to the last ones that you spent with us...I get sad because I miss you so...you sure are missed by everyone!! We keep you in our hearts always and think of all the wonderful and beautiful memories that you left with us...whether regrets or mistakes we make, memories is all we have now...maybe God will let me dream of you tonight...and we can talk...
I love you Jesse, each and every day, I miss and think of you...
Watch over Nick and Ryan from above...
Eternal love,
Mom
August 22, 2011
Jesse, as I talk to you in spirit and cry that Nick left.... I feel so much pain that he left to school and can only imagine what your mom had endured. I am so sorry you aren't here in the physical but I take solace knowing your in a much better place than we are. Your love for Nick was and is undying. I believe you are his gaurdian angel. Today I mailed him a card and also the cross pendant you bought him before your passing. I told him to keep it close and know it's you in a small way. I am so proud and you have got be even more. Your boy is now becoming a man. He still your "dad" or "my boy".... just taller now:)
Thank you for giving me Nick. I love him so much and ask you to protect him always.
Love,
Angie
Opened the door for Nick as a child and now, he must open his own doors.
Angie
August 22, 2011
August 11, 2011
Thnking of you and really missing you. You remain a very special memory in all of us that loved and still love you.
Your family in Lubbock
Lisa
August 11, 2011
Jesse, we miss you so very much!! I submitted an entry last night but it has not been posted...not sure why...I will wait a couple more hours and see if they will post it some time today...if not, well, I will submit another one...I just wanted to say "HAPPY BIRTHDAY"..You are always in my heart and thoughts... and every day I miss you so very much...
Throughout your last year here with us, I was so very happy that you found love...you taught me alot about forgiveness and much, much more about the kind of person you became...you made me proud...!!!
Rejoice with the angels...one day we pray that we will be rejoicing along with you...
Forever and eternal love
Mom and John
Lisa Busch
August 10, 2011
My Dear Jess...Happy, Happy Bithday to you...
No matter what...this day brings so much joy and at the same time so many tears to my heart...you are so, so loved...this is not a good day for me...really good in some ways but not good in others...
You were borne to me Aug 10, 1973...God decided that HE would allow you to be in my life for only 29 years and then HE would take you with HIM...why??? I still do not know...maybe I will never know...I just know that this heartache and pain never seem to come to an end...deep down inside of my inner core, there is this ache that is non-ending...something that only someone like a parent that loses a child would feel...
John, Ryan and I love and miss you so very much...I took some autunm flowers to your grave site today...Ryan asked me to take some flowers on his behalf and that really, really made me cry... while there, I noticed that someone had placed an Easter egg in front of your stone...guess it was on Easter...that was really kind of them to think of you...they had placed one on Aunt Linda's grave and one on yours...however, yours had fallen to the ground and had BROKEN into pieces...how ironic...that is exactly how my heart felt...!!!BROKEN!!...into pieces!!
Nevertheless..my heart and soul still has this amazing love for you...as I am certain so many people still feel that same amazing love for you...
We love you, Jesse, please never doubt that...you remain in our hearts and will always be a cherished memory in all of us that love you...
Happy Birthday, son...rejoice...and one day we will be together...and we will rejoice together!!! Until then we will coninue to
miss, love and will forever and always cherish you...yes, cherish you for eternity...for you are still special...always...
Eternal love
Mom, John and Ryan
Leslee Barboza
August 10, 2011
Happy Birthday Jesse! Oh it is still so hard to believe that you are not here with us. We all love and miss you so very much. One day we will all be together again. Until that day comes, I know that you will be watching over us from heaven. I love you. Leslee
Nas
August 10, 2011
Hey Jess guess what ? I'm pregnant! Please watch over me and my unborn baby... This is truly a blessing. Love you RIV
Nelly Salinas
August 10, 2011
Happy birthday. I'm glad I was there to to full fill your last request.... "Sunburn". I will always miss you.
July 20, 2011
We miss you Jesse, so much! You remain in our hearts.
SOHO
Lisa
July 20, 2011
Time continues to pass but this sorrow seems to never cease...Another year of your departure from this earth is upon us once again. So very much has happened since then. Like seasons come and go, so does everything else. There have been many tears shed...some for joy and still tears shed for sorrow. Not understanding reasons for tragedies that happen, we still rely on God to somehow help us make sense of it all...
Jess, you are thought of everyday...you are missed every day...and you are still loves every single day...
Nick graduated this year and as he walked across that stage, my heart was filled with so many emotions...I was so very proud of him as I know you were also proud as you cheered him on from heaven...I thought back to when you were his age...I wept...
Every single time I type something to submit to your legacy book, I just break down and cry...seems like that is never going to change...I wish that I could at least see you...but my heart is reminded that one day I will...for now, we continue to miss you...
I ran into Fred and Valentine the other a few days ago...Fred has this sadness about him...cannot quite make sense of it...then we talked about you...tears filled his eyes as he acknowledged that this was the anniversary of your “new life”...of course so did Valentine...there was another guty, think his name is Chris...he went to school with you...he found out about you later on after everything happened...After talking with Fred, we both shared memories of you...I know that he misses you so very much...maybe that is why I saw that great sadness in his eyes...I had never seen him like that...I think that it just bothered him so much that he was unable to attend the funeral...maybe he does not have closure...don’t know...just pray that God will give him and the rest of your friends that peace that I know they are seeking...one thing he did do was play “Sunburn” brought back some sad memories to me and I am sure to them as well...I turned to where they were, and I saw him wiping tears from his eyes...but he will be all right...he and the rest of your friends will one day see you also...well,
maybe he will go to the cemetery ... which is where I will be going in a little while...I will take you some fresh and bright flowers...I know that you are not there...and so many people tell me that...but it gives me some kind of comfort to go there...I need that...
I will bring this entry to a close...but know that you remain in my heart today, tomorrow and for infinity...I cherish all the precious memories that continue to linger in and daily fill my heart...THAT WILL ALWAYS BE...Jesse, you are loved and are never forgotten...again, THAT WILL ALWAYS BE!!
Eternal love......always......
Mom and John
P.S. HAPPY ANNIVERSAY ON YOUR NEW LIFE!!
Jennifer Duron
June 1, 2011
thinking of you today Jesse.
Bittersweet Days
Angie Ely
May 30, 2011
Jesse, Nick graduates this week and I cry because you won't be there in physical presence to celebrate this milestone. I asked Nick the other day as we were having a rare "heart to heart" talk and I asked him if ever thought of you..... and he responded "everyday". He knows that his bright intelligence, whittiness are YOU. Thank you for giving me this beautiful human being and I know you have to be his gaurdian angel and seeing all he does.
The way he writes reminded me of you and the very peotic detail to your words. One of his essays for college he wrote about you and his loss. Very touching and it lets me know that he was very much hurt by your early exit on this earth. He has also learned valuable lessons from that tragedy and I know that you wouldn't want it any other way.
Keep watching over him and I know you will be there in spirit this weekend as he walks down the stage to get his diploma and starts his journey at UT this fall. He isn't only making me proud but YOU too.
Happy Memorial Day Jess and we think of you often.
Angie
January 26, 2011
Loving and missing you every day...
Jason Creppon
December 31, 2010
Jesse, we miss you.
Lisa
December 25, 2010
Hours, days, weeks, months and years continue to tick on and on...it is non-stop...
A really good friend of mine will be celebrating her very first holiday season without her daughter in her life...she lost her baby girl last year...after all that took place with the funeral and all, she looked at peace...but soon after that, I can only imagine how hard it hit her that she will wake up the next morning and the next and the next without her baby with her...it is enough to make you want to go madly insane...how can God take such a young angel away from her mommy?? Time should be standing still!! She wonders why and how could this happen......my heart cried and still cries for her and her loss, I knew exactly what she was talking about...there was a time when I asked God why He was punishing me...I feel like sometimes that is where we all go when something drastic happens...
My other good friend is also faced with the challenge of celebrating her Christmas without her daughter...she mentioned to me that she is just going through the motions...somewhat like a zombie...I can also relate to her...we cried together talking about and remembering her daughter, and she wants to know how much longer she can go on this way...living for no reason...her daughter was her everything...no one understands what she is feeling is what she told me...but she knew that I knew exactly what she was feeling...we talked for a while and I keep her close to my heart as I pray that God sustain both of them as they search for answers...
I told her that I had no answers..all I could do for them at that time was hold them as we cried...and even if we understood the reasons behind all of this, we would still be feeling the pain...that pain would not be any less than what we were feeling...there is that emptiness, that heartache that never quits...
So how do we go on...people have told me that it is best to say goodbye and move on...I, for one, have never done that...you see, I don't know how to say goodbye...I just focus on the "temporary separation" that I am facing...one day, we will all meet again...
Another year coming to an end, lives go on, we get older and still death is the one and only thing that is the inevitable...it will happen to all of us...but I take comfort in the saying that I had inscribed on Jesse's tombstone, "For death is but eteranal life; why should we weep"
Yes the tears will continue to stream down our faces, hearts will continue to break again and again...regrets will hang over us, ... now I cry tears of joy in knowing that our loved ones are through suffering and they are in a better place...and now I also cry for us...the ones are still here in this world...
...So for now, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESUS...will you hold my son ever so close to you??? Please whisper to him of the love that we feel for him... and let him know that we are praying that one day we will reunite with him and our other loved ones...
Have a heavenly celebration with all the angels...and we will try to live our lives the best that we can so that we can make a difference...
We love you Jesse, and you are greatly missed...you hold a unique and special place in all of our hearts...please know that we would never forget you...
Merry Christmas, Jesse...watch over us
I can visualize you singing high praises to our heavenly Father as you celebrate Jesus' very special birthday...
Eteranal love,
Mom, John and Ryan
Nelly Salinas
December 9, 2010
The years we've shared have been full of joy.
The memories we've made will go on and on.
I haven't stopped crying since you went away,
and I've asked God time and time why couldn't you stay.
You lit up my life, my hopes, and my dreams.
You've opened my eyes to see what it all means.
So now that you're gone how can I forget;
Because you were the greatest out of all I have met.
November 18, 2010
Jesse, we think of you during these holidays and know your in a much better place than this place called earth.
Always in our thoughts and prayers,
Angie and Nick
Manuel Gutierrez
August 14, 2010
We miss you my brother.
We love you my brother.
Protect us my brother.
Amen.
August 10, 2010
Today, Aug. 10, 1973, 37 years ago, you were born into this world....for me it was without a doubt one of the most beautiful days of my life...
The world held a lot of uncertainties, and I was fearful of this new life...one that was no doubt going to create a lot of changes...I no longer only had me to think about...now we were two. But I somehow knew that they were going to become good changes...
I would look down into your sweet and innocent face...thrilled knowing that I now had someone that was actually mine to love and care for...yes, love and care for until you were old enough to make your own choices...I knew that it was not going to be easy...life was going to be trying in alot of ways because fact was that almost from the very beginning it was just you and me. You and me to love and care for each other...
You, however, somehow made it quite easy for me and I knew we would be alright....thus our journey began...little did I know that God was only "loaning" you to me until He decided it was time for you to return to Him....He had other plans for us...that was when YOUR new journey began...
Life here ended for you on that tragic day...everybody whose life you touched and loved was left with an emptiness that only each can describe...I know that our lives were changed forever....but you made us become different...in our actions, our behavior, our thoughts and the way we live...all those that knew and loved you still miss you more than you can even fatham...Yes, lives were drastically changed...there is no doubt about that...
I submitted an entry on the 20th of July but obviously it was not posted...in the entry, I talked about taking flowers to the cemetary...among other things I spoke about...I never made it out to the cross though...that will be this week...hopefully this one will be posted.
Today is your birthday...so Happy Birthday, Jess! I can see you with our heavenly Father celebrating your special day...but I suppose a more special celebration took place on the real birthday...that day was when God called you to Him and you entered HIS Kingdom forever...that is a true and really beautiful occasion to celebrate!!
Son, I know that you miss us also...and I also now know where you are...In a dream I had, you showed me exactly where you were at that moment...that was the most beautiful and awesome revelation that I had ever witnessed!!!!...Sitting at HIS table sharing a meal together!!! What an honor!!!
That, however does not take away the pain and sadness of losing you...
Times here are tough...I don't think that they are going to get any better soon...makes me realize that time is drawing near...will we be ready???? I sure hope we are...!! I pray for all of your friends...especially those that somehow feel lost when they get to missing you so very much...please be there for them and watch over them as I know you are watching over us...
Jess, our love for you will always be true...never doubt that...you will always remain in our hearts and you are never forgotten...
Happy Birthday my son...
P.S. I would take that journey all over again...I was proud of you and so honored that God chose me to be your mom...
Eternal love,
Mom, John and Ryan
Travis Creppon
July 23, 2010
Man Jess I miss you so much as a lot of us do. Icant believe you have been gone all these years. The end of July is always the time when it sets in the most cause I know that's the time we lost you and it hurts a lot of people including me because we never forget that day we heard the unbelievable news. Look out for me like you always did and I believe still do for all of us you cared about. When I last visited your place of rest couple months ago let me slide on getting a little emotional cause you know I was a little bent after going to that Scooters place. I know you remember it since we went there and had a few too many when we were so young all those years ago and didn't really know about taking it easy instead of making the most out of having a good time. I'll never forget all those times. Maybe you always knew something I didn't see coming. You will be forever young and immortalized in our minds as the verbally funny and good hearted person you always were and a lot of us didn't really see for what you meant to us till you were gone. Then it crashed down on our hearts that we lost a beautiful human being that was above the trivial parts of life that some of us were living in. You taught me to try to see what really matters instead of the worrying about the wrong stuff. I so wish it could have happened a different way!!! You are always in my thoughts and keep putting a word in with the Big Man for your sometimes misguided friend cause you know I need somebody to look out for me the way you always have.
Travis Creppon
June 20, 2010
Miss you to no end brother.The world just isn't the same without you here with us cracking jokes making everybody laugh.Love you man
Lisa Busch
June 14, 2010
....DEATH LEAVES A HEARTACHE NO ONE CAN HEAL....
LOVE LEAVES A MEMORY NO ONE CAN STEAL....
REMEMBERING, LOVING AND MISSING YOU ALWAYS....
ETERNAL LOVE
MOM AND JOHN
December 30, 2009
2010 soon to be. Six years has passed we miss you very much my brother. 2009 was not a very good year for this world, but it's over with soon and we made it. Let's see what 2010 has for us. So Happy New Years JESSE AKA "RIV". We miss you and love you dearly. Manuel AKA "GIEN GIEN" also known as "Scene of the GIEN" West Texas soil. Just ask Trav. and Freddy B. They Know all about it. All I got to say is that I'm Quick on the TRIGGER. and that's it.
December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas, Jess................we miss and love you every single day of our lives...we often talk about you and wonderful memories are shared among us....life is not the same without you in it...you are loved always.....
Tell Jesus Happy Birthday.....I know that you and the angels have an awesome celebration up there in heaven...
Watch over us wherever we go and whatever we do.....you are our guardian angel....
Eternal Love,
Mom and John
Lisa
December 25, 2009
In My Pocket
I have memories in my pocket.
They rattle among the change.
My memories of you are treasures I carry wherever I go.
They are stored in bits and pieces, parts of a beautiful whole
They give me comfort when I think I am alone.
Yes, I have memories in my pocket, like so much other stuff I keep there.
But of all the treasures I have, it’s the memories of you that are the most precious.
Leslee
August 10, 2009
Happy Birthday Jesse!! I know you are celebrating with our Lord. I think of you always and really miss you alot. When we look at our photo albums, Nikki always asks questions about you. She remembers you, she is my child that remembers EVERYTHING! She is alot like me. A little bit obsessive/compulsive! Veronica doesn't remember you...she was only a few days old when you met her. She would have loved you too!! She is my rebel child, you two would have gotten along great!! :) She is always trying to make everyone laugh, she is soo funny! You know she makes these faces and she reminds me of Hunk!!! Crazy, huh? I know we all have a guardian angel and I hope that you are ours so you can watch over us and keep us safe!! We really miss you. Happy Birthday!
Lisa
August 10, 2009
Happy, Happy Birthday, my son
Still Missing You
They say there is a reason
They say that time will heal
But neither time nor reason
Will change the way we feel.
For no one knows the heartache
that lies behind our smiles,
No one knows how many times
we have broken down and cried.
We want to tell you something
so there won't be any doubt,
You're so wonderful to think of
but so hard to be without.
We cannot bring the old days back,
when we were all together
The family chain is broken now,
but memories live forever.
Author
Unknown
Eternal love
Mom, John and Ryan
Lisa Busch
July 19, 2009
July 20, 2009
My Dearest Son,
This year marks 6 years that God has taken you to live with Him...yet you are never forgotten...you are thought of every day and are loved so very much...We never forget as...
As I sit here remembering...
Sitting here remembering,
The smile upon your face
And how it made the world light up
You were full of heavenly grace.
No longer can I see your face
For you are with God above
But your loving smile will always be
Tucked in my heart with love.
I know you wouldn’t want to see
Me crying the way I do,
But losing you was a part of me
And days, I can’t make it through.
Do you hear me crying?
It’s because some days I’m down
I look around for you,
But you’re nowhere to be found.
Only pictures now remain of you;
Special songs that meant so much
So if you hear me crying,
It’s because I can’t feel your touch.
Sometimes I think I see you,
On a crowded street or mall.
I then run up and call your name,
But it wasn’t you at all.
My heart still aches in sadness
And tears, oh how they flow!
What it meant to lose you,
No one will ever know.
So, if you hear me crying,
It’s something I can’t control
Just understand my darling,
When I’m again with you, I’ll be whole.
Eternal Love
Mom
“Author”
Ruth Ann Mahaffey
©copyright Sept 2007
May 17, 2009
Jesse-- you are such a part of our lives still no matter how much time passes. You are Nick's father and family.... wish you were here for him. Nothing compares to what you guys could have had.
December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas and Nick sends you a hello from here.
Lisa
December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas, my son...we love and miss you every day...REJOICE with your Father God and with all the angels; sing praises unto HIM as you dance around HIS throne...
...and HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESUS!!
Everlasting love,
Mom, John and Ryan
November 25, 2008
Jesse-
Thanks for keeping a close eye on Nick....... we know why.
Thanks-
Angie
Lisa
October 28, 2008
For the past five years on this date, I have opened my eyes to the beginning of yet another new day; I turn and look at your picture and feel tears rolling down my cheeks...I weep softly as I miss you...
After asking God to bless this day, bless Ryan and Nick and the rest of my family, I then know that He has made this day for me to rejoice in it...
I pull myself together and carry on with my day...
Yesterday, today and forevermore, you will be loved....always...
Eternal love,
Mom
Lisa
October 27, 2008
My Dearest Jess,
I think of you every single day...more often than you can imagine. Last night as I was lying in bed, beautiful memories of you ran through my mind. I thought of you as you smiled at the camera as I took pictures of you and Tink and Floyd under the big tree in front of the apartments we lived at. Those two were your very best friends in the neighborhood. Then images of you getting all "dressed up" in your costume as you got ready to go trick or treating with Diane and her boyfriend. Many, many images of you as you were growing were viewed in my mind. I smiled as I remembered you trying to blow out candles as Mamau watched and kinda helped you....what awesome memories!!
My memory took me back even farther as I pictured you with my mom...she always took such pride in you...she took you with her everywhere she went simply because she loved you. Between you and me, I think she loved the fact that you called her mom and not grandma!! And I was simply "Gina"
I love you Jesse, so very much....I think of you daily and often shed tears for you, but now simply because I miss you so much.
Ryan is away in college and I know that you would be so proud of him...I know that you look out for him from up in heaven.
I spoke to Nick and he is so busy with his teenage life. Wish that we could see more of him, but in time I know that all things will work out.
I am having such a hard time typing this, as I have had hand surgery, so this is taking longer than what I thought it would.
I just wanted to submit this entry and just chat with you a moment. Last night, you were so deep in my mind...my mind would not shut down as I thought of you....I finally cried myself to sleep...but it was a really peaceful one....I guess I needed those moments of flashbacks to your younger days...
The days are getting cooler and Alice never forgets to remind me of how much you loved this kind of weather...this beautiful weather that we now call it "Jesse kinda weather"!!
Never forget that I love you so deeply....we miss you so much.
Jess, you are never forgotten...NEVER!
Until next time, please receive my everlasting and....
ETERNAL LOVE,
Mom
August 29, 2008
We love you, Jess, more than what anyone can ever imagine.
Each and every day we miss your smiles and laughter...and your every day conversations...
We will be with you one day...for now, keep watching over us...
Until we meet again, you have our everlasting love..
Eternal love,
Mom and John
Lisa
August 10, 2008
MY SON,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!! WE LOVE AND MISS YOU TREMENDOUSLY---WE KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO STARE INTO DARKNESS WISHING THAT WE COULD CHANGE SO MANY THINGS...
...BUT IT BRINGS ME GREAT JOY TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE CELEBRATING YOUR SPECIAL DAY WITH OUR FATHER, IT BRINGS PEACE INTO MY HEART AS I THINK OF YOU AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE FREE FROM TEARS AND SUDDEN FEARS THAT THOSE LEFT BEHIND DEAL WITH EVERY DAY...
WE LOVE AND MISS YOU SO VERY MUCH.
I KNOW THAT WHEN YOUR LIFE HERE ON EARTH ENDED, YOUR PAST ENDED WITH IT, AND IN EXCHANGE, YOU ENCOUNTERED NEW AND AMAZING BEGINNINGS.
I THANK GOD EVERY DAY FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE THE WONDERFUL JOURNEY WE TOOK TOGETHER...FOR NOW, PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU REMAIN IN MY HEART AND ONE DAY WE WILL REUNITE...
JOHN, AUNT DORA AND MYSELF TOOK SOME BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS TO YOUR GRAVE...TODAY, THE FLOWERS WERE PRESENTED AT OUR CHURCH'S ALTAR IN LOVING MEMORY OF YOU AND IN CELEBRATION OF YOUR BIRTHDAY FROM JOHN, ME, RYAN AND NICK.
AGAIN, HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY LOVE...
YOU ARE LOVED FOREVER.
HAVE AN AWESOME CELEBRATION WITH THE REST OF GOD'S ANGELS...
ETERNAL LOVE,
MOM
July 25, 2008
THE LIFE OF THE DEAD IS PLACED IN THE MEMORY OF THE LIVING
JESSE IS LOVED AND IS ALIVE IN OUR HEARTS AND OUR MEMORIES.
john busch
July 22, 2008
Jesse,we love you and we miss you.
Lisa Busch
July 22, 2008
Yesterday, July 20, 2008 marked yet another year gone by...seems like days are beginning and ending at a faster rate.
As Aunt Dora and I cleaned out the flower holders and placed other flowers in their place, my mind took me back to that dreadful day when we laid you to rest in your final place. The pain that lingers on like a dreaded cancer and a bitter friend does not lesson; it does not matter what one does, says and hopes for, the pain is always there. Twisted, heart wrenching pain that feels so blistered, forces its way from the depths of my soul...the all too familiar pain that exists in my heart..."Time to let it go"...is it?? Yes, one might say...I just don't really know because it has been impossible for me......
Yes, time has made this reality better, but there are moments when it hits me with a force so hard, it is like a sharp head-turning slap. and through my fresh and neverending tears, I shake so fiercely...but during those hurtful moments, I cry out to God to hold me ever so close...I ask Him to give me that peace and comfort that I have gotten so used to when I know He is here with me...I acknowledge that prayer is powerful, I am certainly one to testify to that...
....There are still unanswered ones, but in time I know that God is going to answer them...all in good time...for He has the perfect timing for us.
I weep and grief for Lori, Pete, Shirley and the family as I share and feel the pain that I know they are going through...Lori and Pete don't know if they can go through life without their precious daughter...I lift them up in prayer knowing what they are going through....I could not even fathom living a life without an only child that one has grown to love and cherish...I know that losing a son is unbearable, but to lose the only child you have is something that I know no parent ever wants to experience.
I tell them that Rachel is in a better place...no more tears for her either, just as I know my son is without all the hardships that life offers...
I know that you were probably one of the angels welcoming her to our Father's Kingdom...oh what joy!!...and I tell Lori and Pete to envision her dancing with the angels around God's throne along with her PaPa and you and all her other loved ones...
....I think that Travis said it best when he said that it seemed just like yesterday, yet a lifetime ago that we have laughed with you...
We miss you every single day, and ever day we miss and love you...
I see some of your friends on occasion and we talk about you and even though we agree that there will be no tears, dang it, there are always tears...but they remember you with love and you remain in their hearts always...
Until the day that we are reunited, our love for you will remain in our hearts forever and a day...as your Aunt Lou would say...
Watch over us...I know that you are always there smiling down at us.
I wish that you could see me now...I am no longer who I was...I want you and Ryan to be proud of me...
Eternal Love,
Mom
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