My niece was only 7 months old when she lost her Father. She won't get the chance to grow up creating memories with her dad... but those of us who knew him personally, whose lives he touched, we have memories of him. Memories that we can share with her, so that one day, she can get to know just a piece of the man her father was, through the memories and experiences each of you, had with him. If you knew my brother, if you loved my brother, even if you just met him in passing... I would deeply appreciate if you can share who he was to you, what you remember of him, your favorite memory... anything that my niece can read in the years to come, to help her remember James Wickliffe, her Father.
It is my hope to gather these memories for her and to make them into a book for her. A book that I can give her when she is older, that she can have and keep for the rest of her life. If you have any photos of my brother, I'd love it if you'd share those as well. You can email them to curlybynature83@gmail.com.
Also, if you know anyone who knew my Brother, please share this link with them. Thank you.
James was always a kind person. I remember when we were younger and he lived at his fathers house directly behind our house and sometimes we would stand at eachothers gates and laugh and joke. As we got further into high school we didnt see eachother very much.It was heartbreaking to know that he left this life so young, I never would have imagined on those days laughing & joking at our backyard gates as young teenagers,that one day he would be gone so soon. I wish his wife and daughter the best, he was a kindhearted person.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday lil one! We truely miss your dad! He was an awsome guy! He will always look down and smile on you! I pray blessing over you and you family life! Keep a big heart like your dad! I know with out him you will still grow up to be a very smart young lady! With GOD FIRST..AND your great aunts you have! Love ya Lots R.I.P JW
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to my Niece!!!!!! As tears roll down my face right now words cant express how I feel!!! now my brother left this world!!! but he didnt leave this world empty handed!!! HE LEFT YOU!!!But he didnt leave you he will be there always and forever watching over you!!!so be good and happy birthday and I hope you get everything you want because you deserve it!!!!
ReplyDeleteSonya as you grow older I know that you will be as beautiful as the women in your family but I hope that you inherit your fathers love for other people his charming personality his passion and determination...everyday for the rest of your life you will have an angel looking down on you~ I hope that I am able to watch you grow into the woman he always knew you would become xoxo Meka
ReplyDeleteHappy belated Birthday Sonya! I'm a little late but still wanted to send my birthday wishes. I'm your auntie LaCrea's sister in law and I used to stay with her in Las Vegas and I met you when you were a little baby!! You're such a beautiful little girl on the outside and i'm sure you're even more beautiful on the inside!
ReplyDeleteHope you had a super birthday and hope to see you again very soon!!
*Lila*
Me and my family had all known James since he was little. It was a trip to see how he'd grown throughout the years...from a little boy to a young married man, with a family. Seems like yesterday we were all scraping up our 50 cents to walk around the corner and buy snow cones from the snow cone lady. If we count the blessings James did die young, but he died blessed. He had family that loved him, lived to find love and get married, he lived to see his daughter Sonya's face, and lived to enjoy her presence in his life. Some will live past James'
ReplyDeleteage and die, and never get to experience that.
Starlynn Macklin
Sonya God's Gift Daffodils Birthday wish HAPPY 2
ReplyDeleteI wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending lineAlong the margin of a bay:Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced, but theyOut-did the sparkling leaves in glee;A poet could not be but gay,In such a jocund company!I gazed—and gazed—but little thoughtWhat wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.
By: Sherry Wines