Blaise Jimenez

Alima, James and family, I am so deeply saddened by and sorry for your loss. I remember Blaise as an inquisitive, intelligent, playful little boy. I hope you all are finding what comfort you can. My deepest condolences.

James, I came across this online and I just wanted to say how sorry I am.

James, I'm not sure I know the words to help heal the wounds and grief.But what I can express is my sincere gratitude to you for bringing Blaise into my life. I remember this bright eyed shy young boy coming into my studio, holding a guitar that was just about as big as him and asking me to teach him Muddy Waters "Walking Blues". That was just such a cool and memorable moment...I loved it...And he worked hard on it from the get go and nailed the sucker! It is a blessing for a teacher to have...

God bless you, your family and your precious son. He is now making music in his new life, new world out of pain.

I'm so sorry, Blaise, that we couldn't offer you a more humane world. You are well loved and brought light to this world while you were here.

We saw your son's obit today in the Journal! We didn't know him and don't know you, but felt compelled to have a Mass said for the repose of his soul! May God watch over you & your family in the coming days! Eternal memory & blessed repose for Blaise! What a wonderful name! Having been raised Catholic, we always had our throats blessed on the Feast of Saint Blaise!

Hello, We don´t know each other, but I saw your son´s memorial in the Journal this morning. I rarely look at those in the paper, but your sweet son was so young. I felt like I wanted/was urged to reach out. We too, have a son with mental illness. His was diagnosed at 24 which gave us an advantage of time and some maturity. So, he didn´t get involved with drugs. It is so common for the younger ones to try to self-medicate. We certainly thought we might lose our son early on in his...