Today is Thanksgiving Day…

And Today is Jason’s Birthday

By: Author Unknown

Today is Thanksgiving Day…and today is Jason’s birthday…and we are so thankful that Jason came to be our son on November 26th, l974. Jason would be 35 today…how the years have flown by and stood still at the same time.

Smiles come to us as we remember when Jason was a little boy…he loved learning…going to school…and loved creating, writing and taping TV shows, making his own TV guides.

Jason had a love of music…all kinds…good music from the 70’s…especially The Eagles…Huey Lewis…Steely Dan…Billy Joel…loved good Jazz…Miles Davis…John Coltrane…and even Frank Sinatra… This time of the year brings me memories of how Jason would give me a list of “hard to find” CD’s, as he got older…somehow I managed to find them all…I so remember the smile on his face…so sweet.

Jason loved comedy and had a wonderful sense of humor…you have heard me say that if you have ever watched Seinfeld…then you have seen Jason!…Jason had taped all of the shows…I had never watched it, but after Jason left us for his new life…Seinfeld became a part of our life…and still is… Several years ago, Jerry performed here…and I met him… And I know that this happened only because of Jason…no other explanation.

We miss Jason everyday…and always will…as all of you know…grief is a lifelong journey…and many of you cannot see this now…but blessings will come to you because your child lived…A couple of months after Jason died…and I was at a very low place… A poem came into my head one morning…and it starts like this…Mom, please don’t feel guilty…It was just my time to go… I know the words came to me from Jason…We all come to earth for our lifetime…and Jason’s was…24 years, 4 months and 15 days…for that we are thankful.

Life is a miracle…and we are all miracles…we are here to learn, to share, to love and to give to others… Today…on Thanksgiving…and Jason’s birthday, I would like for you to take the time to give the gift of love to someone you know, or maybe someone you don’t know…for when we give love to others it comes back to us and miracles take place… We all know how brief life is here on this earth. We will remember the miracle of Jason coming to be our son and we are better because of him.

Happy Birthday Jason…how appropriate is this quote from Jerry Seinfeld…I can hear Jason’s wonderful laugh…

“Life is truely a ride. We are all strapped in and no one can stop it! As you make each passage from youth to adulthood to maturity, sometimes you put your arms up and scream, sometimes you just hang onto the bar in front of you. But the RIDE is the thing. I think the most you can hope for at the end of life is that your hair is messed, you are out of breath…and you didn’t throw up.” —Jerry Seinfeld

We can shed tears that he’s gone…or we can smile because he lived! That is what Jason would want us to do. He wants us to live, to smile, and to know that he is still with us!

Jason…You blessed our lives and still do. Thank you for the gift of YOU…for helping us to grow and become better…we will keep trying.

We have alot to be thankful for today…JASON…his family…his friends…Sweet Memories.

Be thankful today…and be blessed.

We love you,
Mom , Dad and Jeff
Joy, Mike and Jeff Curnutt