Remembering Rollie Joseph

Wednesday

September 16, 2009

Today, Gina and I celebrated our son’s second anniversary in heaven. Monday morning we placed new flowers at his grave site with Thomas before he left so he could celebrate with us.

Thomas At Rollie's Monument

First thing this morning we planted a tree in our yard in memory of him.

An Elm Tree

Then we drove to the cemetery and placed two yellow roses on his monument to mark his second anniversary in Heaven.

Rollie's Monument

We miss him very much but we also acknowledge that he was only on loan to us. We were blessed that Our Father gave him to us for 20 years to teach us so much and we will forever be grateful for those 20 years of memories. Here are a few photos of Rollie Joseph:

Our Children, Nicole, Rollie, Ashley, & Thomas


Rollie Joseph Ready For His Senior Prom


Rollie Joseph with his Grandfather Rollie Jake


Rollie's Graduation


Rollie Joseph with His Proud Mom


Rollie & Brandi


Rollie with His Mom & Dad


Rollie Joesph is Happy to be Out of Boot Camp


We Will Always Remember His Smile

From there we headed back to our house and got in the truck and headed north toward Shreveport, Louisiana. We are on our way to meet up with Don & Cheryl and Joe & Sherri somewhere near Dallas on Thursday. We arrived at Barksdale Air Force Base campground at 5:45 and were set up by 6:15. We both took showers and got cleaned up and headed out to eat. We went to Ralph & Kacoo’s Seafood Restaurant. We had a very nice and quiet dinner. We made it back home around 9:30 and just relaxed for awhile.

Today was a very solemn day for us. On one side we are sad that we didn’t have more time with Rollie Joseph. However, the other side of us is rejoicing in the assurance that he is with his Heavenly Father and his son Jesus Christ.

Until tomorrow, Gina & I hope everyone has a pleasant and wonderful day, enjoying what our Father has so graciously blessed us with.