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James Botelho
September 8, 2014
Hi son well tomorrow would have been your 32nd birthday. I was just sitting here thinking about when your where born. How that was the happiest day of my life. I miss you so much> and the worse day of my life was when you die. I know you are in a better place now and watching over all of us. I sit here in my place and look at your picture i have of you in the frame and talk to you. I am sure if people knew that they may think i am crazy. But it help me when i talk to you. I wish you where here to see how much your girls have grown. They are so pretty and look a lot like you. You where the best son a father could ask for and you where a good dad. So happy birthday my son. we will be together again some day i love you so much.
Matt Garrison
December 25, 2012
Hey Cousin,
hope your doing well up in the sky with Uncle Larry. I know I didnt know you all that well, but your always in my thoughts and prayers and also in others as well. Whether gone or alive, we'll never forget bout you and we'll always love you very much. It hurts us that your gone, but nothing we can do but to accept the fact that your gone and to bond together during the hard times we go through today. I feel bad for Aerith and Bella that they go through every day without their dad and that Jessica dont get to spend her life with her soon to be husband. We all love you and look forward to seeing you again someday :)
James Botelho
September 8, 2011
Hi my son happy birthday it had been almost year since you have gone with god i miss i you so much i wish you where here so bad your birthday is very hard on me and your girls they are getting so big and look so much like you when i sit and think about you i remember the last time i saw you and we said good bye you huged me so tight and would not let me go if i only knew that would be the last time i would see you every time i think of you i cry you are missed by so many people that loved you i am going to put flower where are tomorrow so love you son and again happy birthday you will alway be in my heart
Love
Dad
james botelho
July 15, 2011
Hi son it been long time since i have been on here i was thinking of you a lot today i miss you so much someday it is hard to go on i sit in the room where your picture is on the wall and talk to you i love you son i alway have tears wheni sit there and play the song i played at your service goodbye so live you and miss you
love dad
Deana Hernandez
December 28, 2010
Dear Nephew,
Miss you so much, Love you so much. Tears in my eyes whenever I think of you. Love,Love,Love You!!!!
Aunt Deana
Jessica Montes
December 27, 2010
So hi.
I know I haven't writen in here in forever but I'm sure you know what's going on. I miss you effer, I hope you know this. The holidays don't feel the same without you anymore. The more time passes and you're not here the more real it becomes, I was numb for a while I thought I had accepted the fact that this was it but now it hurts even more, go figure! Aerith and Isabella ask about you all the time and as strange as it might sound they love you as much as if you were here, it's as if they know you somehow even though you haven't been here since they were babies. Anyway as cliche as it sounds I will always love you. I'm still sad, mad, and broken and I miss you terribly... And everything reminds me of you, but I guess I should let go. Love you and miss you... Endlessly.
james botelho
December 25, 2010
Merry Christmas son missed you today a lot i saw isabella and aerith last week they are getting so big they look so much like you i gave them each a picture of you and they loved it and put in there rooms and said they miss there dad so much i am sorry i have not seen them that much i am sure you are disappointed in me but i am going see them much more so love you son and miss you
love dad
November 16, 2010
hi son well today it has been 3 years now and it hurt as much as it did when it happen i miss you so much some day's i just want to be with you and not be here any more i look at your picture and just cry i love you so much and wish it was me who die and not you were a very good son and someday soon i hope i am with you so love you son you are always on my mine every day
love dad
james botelho
September 8, 2010
Hi son well tomorrow is your birthday i miss you so much everyday is hard for me to get thru sometime i just want it to end to be with you i miss your smile and talking to you and hugging you i am proud you were my son you were my life i still wish it would have been me not you that die i think of you all the time and it will be hard getting thru tomorrow i am already feeling it i love you son miss you to very much so happy birthday son
love Dad
james botelho
June 19, 2010
Hi Son well tomorrow is father day will not be good for with you not here i miss you so much i hurt so much in side not to see you and talk with you on the phone i sit in the room where i have your picture and talk with you and cry so hope you be looking down on me tomorrow so love you son and miss you bad
love dad
james botelho
May 25, 2010
Hi son thinking of you today and missing well soon dad may be with you was told i may have some new health problems and do not look good only time will tell i just know that when it is my time you and larry will come get me and take me to wjere you two so miss you son and love you
love dad
April 3, 2010
Hi son thinking of you today i was sitting in the room where i have your picture hanging and talking to you i miss you so much it is still very hard on me some day are even harder but i do know some day i will be with you so just know i am missing you and i know you are always with me
love dad
james botelho
September 9, 2009
happy birthday son i am really hurting today on your birthday i miss you so much just thinking about you and how much pain i am still in over you not being here somedays i jsut do not want to be here i want to be with you i love you so much son and am lonely with out you when i see other people with there kids it is so very hard not to be able to talk with you and see you i think of the last time we saw each other and how hard you hug me i did not know that would be the last time you wouyld hug me i still do not understand why this happen but i know the day you die i die inside so happy birthday son know dad loves you and i know you are watching and you will come when i go and i hope soon so love always
dad
james botelho
September 1, 2009
Hi son well it my birthday today but not feeling to happy one missing you and knowing yours is coming on the 9th i still have a hard time with you gone and still can not believe you are not here it should be me gone not you i sit every night and look at your picture and talk to you i am in so much pain god may have pick when you where going but he will not pick mine i will do that i also look at the few baby picture i have of you and thank how much i love you and miss you and glad to have you as my son my best day was the day you where born watching you come in this world and the sadiest day was watch you leave here you are in my heart and soon some day we will be together so love you my son and miss you so much
love DAD
james botelho
June 21, 2009
Hi son well it fathers day today and i am missyou so bad today it has been real hard i played the song i did for you and i cried for hours it has been a year and a half and it still hurts as bad as the day it happen i just wish i could have helped you i love you and miss you so much some day i just do not want to be here cause when you die the pain i have will never go away cause when you die i died inside all i do is think of you i sit in front of your pic at night and just look at you and how much i miss and love you some day i wish i would die so my pain would be over and i be with you again i so someday soon we will be together and i will be happy again i know the girls miss you i jave not seen tghem in a long time it is to hard for me to cause they look so much like you i know it not fair to them for me not to see them just know son i love you and miss you and real bad today on fathers day
love dad
james botelho
April 25, 2009
Hi son dad is having a very bed day today thinking of you a lot and missing you so bad i still feel dead in side someday i just want it to be over for me and be there with you it is hard going on with you gone i sit and think how happy i was when you where born watching you come to life and then seeing you leave this life i am so glad and proud of you and for being in my life and my son and the time we had when you where growing up and to see you become adad and be a good dad i was so proud of you and loved you and i think of the last time i saw you a live and when we hug and you kiss me on my cheek and said dad i love you i miss that most of all i am so sad in side i do not know if i will ever be happy again i try to be it is so hard i do not sleep and cry a lot of nights i love you and miss you so very much love always dad
james botelho
January 31, 2009
Hi son well having a very bad day today missing you so much i wish you were here i love you so much so days i just do not want to be here like today the pain gets worse every day you should see the girl they are so pretty i know they do miss you i just wish i knew what you where going thru so i could have helped you my life does not men much with out and not many people helping me thru this only 2 i sit and look at your pic just think of the last weekend i saw you and the last time we hug and you said i love you dad and you hug me so hard i did not understand but i do now and i know why this happen i just cry so much cause i miss my son so know we will be together again and i hope when i go you come down and take me so love you son miss you
love dad
james botelho
December 16, 2008
hi my son merry christmas i am missing you so bad this time a year i am back to not sleeping and crying everyday i think about the last time i saw you before you die use hugging each other and saying i love you i miss hearimg you say i love you dad some day it is hard for me to go on i just want to be with you i feel so dead in side when you came in my life is was the best thing that happen in my life to watch you be born and the worse days 2 things that has happen in my life is your uncle my brother Larry die and then you and mostly you you where my son and i loved you so much it is just so hard for me to go on somedays so know you are on my mine so love you and miss you son and someday we will be together
love dad
beverly forth
November 21, 2008
hi mickey
went to cemetary with dad. we sure wish you were still here. we all love you so much and miss you everyday. i hope you and uncle larry hear me talking to both of you i love you so much. love grandma
james botelho
September 11, 2008
hi son happy birthday sorry a few days late have not been doing good i miss you so much i can not believe it is almost a year now i am so dead in side with out you i just sit and think about you i want to be with you so much i do not know how long i iwll be here i have pick to dates i wanted to go and one passed i have one more you wre my son and i glad you were i die inside the day you die i find it hard to get thru the days i just have a hard time seeing the kids cause they look so much like you remeber what i said to you when i came and got you when you die i know you could hear me i love you son you are always in my heart
love dad
james botelho
July 26, 2008
Hi my son well this will be my last time i will enter anything on here i am in so much pain about a lot of things but most about missing you so much i have lived almost 50 years and the last 9 months have been the hardist with out you i now see what you were going thru and you did what you did to end your pain well i think it is time for me to do the same i have messed up so many people life's but you were the joy in my life i am thankful i had a son like you and we will be together again and you know what i am going thru and what i am going to do so love you laways my son
Yvonne Smith
June 16, 2008
Yesterday was Father's Day. Your dad and I talked about you a great deal and about Jessica and the girls. He misses you so much. When we talk about you,we talk about all the happy memories you left with us. You know Mickey, you touched everyone's lives in a good way. One of my fondest memories is the day you called to tell your dad you were going to be the father of a little girl and that her name was Isabella. I can remember just how you pronounced it too. He was so elated and proud of you. Just know that you were loved by many and that you are always in our thoughts and prayers. I keep reminding your dad that you are with him always and that one day we will all be with you. God bless.
james botelho
June 15, 2008
Hi son this is a hard day for me being fathers day and tomorrow it will be 8 month yiou have been gone i still do not understand why it happen and what you were going thru i think about you and dream of my son i cry all the time so even you are not here happy fathers day to you the girls miss you so know that i love you son so much love dad
James botelho
June 1, 2008
Hi son well it over 7 months and like always it is niot getting any better for me i miss you more and more each day i see you in my dreams i just do not know how long i can go on like i said i feel so alone but that ok i am better a lone somedays i just want to just go a way and not tell anyone were i am i do not sleep and just cry a lot cause i will never hear i love you dad or feel your hugs i just remenber the last time i saw you the wekend before you took off and when i left you and went and you hug me so hard more then you have and said dad i love you i do not know what to do my son i talk to you i do not know if you hear me just know i will be there soon my son i do am not even going back to doctor to check on my cancer if it is back cause i do not care what happen to me anymore when you die i die in side i am here but not here you know your kids will be ok they have agood mother and her dad as there grandpa they do not need me i am nothing am more i just do not want to do this live anymore i miss you that much so just know i love you with all my heart you were my son and my life i just wish i could have helped you love always
your dad
James Botelho
April 29, 2008
Hi son well i have wrote a few time but it it not been on here it is almost 6 months now and it is not getting any better i miss you so much i do not sleep and if i do i wake up crying cause i dream about you i do not know how much longer i can go on and be here you are all i had left i am thank for the 25 years you were here and i would not trade the times we had you were my son and i loved you so much you are the only good thing i did in my life every night i wish i would die causei miss you that much but soon we will be together i know when and where it will happen i just wish you would have told me how you felt and what was going on with you well my son just know that i love you and miss you son
love dad
Jessica Esparza
February 11, 2008
HI James, I know that we haven't seen or talked in years but, I just found out that you are no longer with us. Even though it's been a long time I hurt. I don't know what happened to you but I know that you are now in a better place. I remember the good times back in Riverside, you were my first love and because of that I could never forget all the fun times we had. I remember when you first called me to tell me you joined the navy and how mad I was at you. But you were able to calm me down and made me believe it was for the best, you were always smooth like that. Typing this right now I am still in shock. My support goes to you family and friends. One day we will see each other and catch up on old times... love you always Jessica Esparza
James botelho
February 1, 2008
Well my son it has been 2 and a half months now and it still hurt so bad i do not sleep my son i miss you so very much every night i go to sleep i want to die to be with you cause you were all i had you were my son and i love you so much i hope you did know that i just have a hard time getting thru the day all i do is think about you and wish i knew what you were going thru and could have help you well last week we put you in r place but i did not want to i wanted to keep you with me cause now i feel i do not have you well soon my son i will be with you i just can not go on anymore with out you i miss you so much the hurt is so very bad i can not take it anymore you had a wonderful girlfriend and 2 wonderful kids they are getting big and they look so much like you some times i get up set when i see them cause they look so much like you it makes me miss you even more i wish you were still here i so do miss you so very much my son i know you are in a better place and as i said i will be with you soon my son just know dad loves you and miss you so much see you soon my son
love dad
carol anderson
January 30, 2008
Hi jim, i know how hard this is for you today.my andrew is with me in my heart and thoughts everyday. there is not a moment that goes by i'm not thinking about him. and i'm sure you feel the same way about mickey. try to be strong and think about all the memories you have of your son, one day they'll make you smile....
carol anderson
January 30, 2008
Dear jim, I just wanted you to know i'm thinking about you today,i know how hard this is for you.my andrew is always me in my heart and safe there, mickey is with you too. take care carol
Jessica M.
January 7, 2008
In the breif amount of time that we shared together I can honestly say that I was the happiest I have ever been. My James aka derBOOM aka Mickey the oh so fine, with his honesty, his loving heart, his goofy sense of humor, his perfect soothing voice, not to mention his pretty face, was the perfect man, given all of his imperfections. I'm going to miss him so much, I already do. I wish that this is only a nightmare everyday, but It's not, this is reality and it hurts so much to have to live with out him. I feel sorry for our children, because at least everyone else will have their memories but they won't, they'll Never know for themselves how awesome their dad was and what a great father he was or how not selfish he was,always putting everyone ahead of him self. They'll know what they hear but they won't experience it for themselves, and that is the real tragedy. I know he's in a better place now and I'm glad, he deserves it after having such a terbulant life...(to James), Babe, I love you, I miss you, I'm sorry... "...Hopelessly, I'll love you endlessly..." I wish I would have said it more often, when it mattered, it doesn't really anymore.
Yvonne Smith
December 14, 2007
Dear Mickey,
It has been almost a month since you have been gone. I keep thinking back to the first Christmas you spent with your dad and I. You were so happy. I remember the day you called your dad when you found out you were having your fist little girl. We were so happy for you. And then the night we came to the hospital. She was such a little bundle of joy. Your dad was so proud of you and so excited to be a grampa. I only wish you knew how much you were loved. Your dad is having a really hard time Mickey but I keep reminding him that you are with our Heavenly Father and that you are no longer suffering. Thanks for the memories. As I told you often, I was really proud of you. I know you are watching over all of us now and trying to let everyone know you are at peace. God bless.
James Botelho
November 30, 2007
My Son
You have been gone for a week and it is very hard for me son and the rest of your family i do not understand why this happen but i know you are in a better place and not in pain and i know i will see you soon and we will be together again my son i hurt so much inside and miss you so much just know my son that i have loved you from the time you where born and you were my life so i love you and miss you so bad my son and love you so much so rest in peace love dad
James botelho
November 29, 2007
My son you have been gone from us for almost a week now it is very hard on me and the family i do not know why this happen but you are not in pain anymore i wish you would have talk to me but i do know i will be with you someday and we will be togther again you were my life my son i love you so much from the day you were born i was so proud of you and you were a good man and good father you will be miss by so many and you were loved by all of them but i miss you the most i do not what will happen to me with out you in my life here but i will always remeber the good times we had i just want you to know that your dad love you with all his heart it will be hard for me to go on with out but you are in a good place and i will see you soon so love you son and miss you so bad just know i loved you son rest in peace
Roxana Thomas
November 29, 2007
My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
Carol Anderson
November 29, 2007
Dear Jim. We are so very sorry for your loss, know we are here for you. Your friends Russ and Carol Anderson.
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