| With Loving ThoughtsForJamie Lee Legeness |
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| Jamie Lee's One and Only Picture |
| Brandon and I were married on October 11th, 2003, at a beautiful yet elegant ceremony nestled in the woods of a bed and breakfast in Big Bear, California.A few weeks later, we found out that we were going to have our first child together (I already had three from a previous marriage) and we were so exctatic! Our joy was short-lived when, on the evening of Friday, January 23rd, we heard a scream in front of our little duplex apartment. It was the voice of our neighbor, Mary. My husband opened the door to try to let her in. Just then, her mentally-ill nephew, Tony, shoved his way into our home with such brute force that he knocked Brandon and Mary both to the floor. There I was, faced by this enraged man and had no where to go...He started coming at me. I remember trying to move but not being able to. I finally made myself move, but it was too late...He was right there--in front of me! He yelled something profane at me and then kicked me in the lower right part of my belly. By then, Brandon had stumbled to his feet and realized what had happened. He then grabbed Tony and slammed him to the floor. Still stunned, I tried to reach for Jennifer, who was just under two |
| This webpage dedicated with love and heartfelt sorrow to our precious baby who never came to be born, Jamie Lee Legeness. We do not know if our baby was a boy or if it was a girl. But my feeling during the pregnancy was that it was a boy, so I will refer to our baby as "he." This Webpage includes some of the |
| This is our story. Our story of how that little life effected our lives--today and for tomorrow. It is so amazing to me how such a little being could change the very way we think, pray, act, feel, cry, laugh and live. I never thought that I would be mourning the loss of one of my own children, but here I am. |
| years old at the time. They were rolling on the floor between us and I could not reach her. This went on for what felt like forever. Somehow--I don't know how, even to this day--Brandon managed to get this maniac to his feet and shove him out the door. We went to the hospital and I was cleared to go home with the strict guidelines that I was to "take it easy" for a few days. So that I did, not realizing the real damage had already been done. The weekend went by with no problems, aside from the bruising I had from where Tony kicked me and from where I had hit the corner of my china cabinet on my right buttock. On tuesday, however, I began hemmorrhaging, and when we went to the hospital, we learned of the baby's demise. We buried Jamie Lee at Sunset hills cemetery, which is not too far from our new home, on February 10th, 2004. Tony has been charged with murder and has been committed for his actions that night as well as for the record he had previously. Why was he out? Why was this man, obviously disturbed and irresponsible, allowed to live next to my family and I? Our court date for the hearing on the trial is on September 24th, 2004--The day before my birthday. Please visit the update page to find out things as they unravel. |
| Below is a sample of the front of Jamie Lee's Funeral Program |
| Click HERE to read about the Unborn Victims of Violence Act AKA Laci & Connor's Law |
| Jamie Lee's "STAR" (Jamie Lee's is near the bottom) |
| Gifs & Clipart |
| My Mom's Page |
| My Mother's Family |
| May Father's Family |
| Grandma & Bobby |
| only things we have left of him. We have the sonogram picture (above) and some funeral pictures. We have a little mint green satin box the hospital gave us to take home and the leftover funeral programs. We have a few pieces of clothing that he will never be able to wear and a grave to visit--We don't have all that many tangible things to cling to. |
| Jamie Lee Legeness was only about 6 to 8" long and weighed about 11 ounces. He was born enclosed in his placenta, the place he called home for his entire life. ?Through this membrane, my husband and I could see this perfectly formed little being that looked like he was sleeping. There wasn't anything wrong with him that we could tell, but I was so sad that I would never be able to hold him in my arms. |
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