In Memory of Jessie

Jessie when she was younger

1999: Jessie at graduation from Osceloa High School

In 7th grade

In 5th grade

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Jessie (Top-Left & Bottom 2nd-from-Left),Rosie, Tommy, and I (Top 2nd-from-Right & Bottom Left) grew up together... The ABOVE pic was taken in April 1984.. we were all b/w 3-4 years old... the BELOW pic was taken in May 1999 at Tommy's graduation... As you can see, we all stayed in touch throughout the yrs...

Jessie at my graduation celebration in 2000.

2000: Jessie & Rosie at my graduation celebration

These pictures are sacred to me... because they remind me of a time when I had Jessie in my life... this page may not seem important to everyone, since not everyone was blessed by having Jessie enter their lives... but I hope that by making this page, some people may see the life and spirit that she possessed. I think it is important that her memory lives on, so for all those who took the time to look at, and read about, this special girl... thank you so much... it means a lot to me, it really does. May God bless you and watch over you always.

Taking ones own life is never the answer... it hurts so many people... more than you could ever imagine...

This is Jessie when she and I went to Universal Studios sometime during our middle school years... Jessie was a free spirit. She loved to be goofy (note the hat above)... at this young age, I was very shy and reserved. I always admired her and was constantly in awwe of her openness, her ability to not care what other people thought. I have since grown up and would like to think I inherited some of these attributes from her..

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9th grade

Feb. 1987: Jessie (5 years) and her younger brother Ryan (18 months).

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Beach Outing (1985)

Jessie sent me a a pic of her cheerleading in middle school... people in her high school may never have believed it... but yes, Jessie did used to cheerlead!

Angie (4) and Jessie (5) build a sand castle

My mom (Nita... she's the one with big hair... it was the 80's after all... Patti (Jessie's mom), Lena (the baby... about 1 yr.), Me, and Jessie... Jessie and I are in a hole we helped dig... it was something fun we used to do when we went to the beach when we were younger...

1983: Jess and I were playpen buddies

(Left) Jessie walking back ot her seat after receiving her diploma.
(Down) Jessie receiving her diploma on the stage.!

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Me and Jess at her house after her graduation ceremony.

1984

1985: Angie's 4th B-day... So Jessie would be 4 1/2 at this time... We both seemed very shocked and amazed at whatever my birthday gift was... to be honest, I have no idea what it was.

(ABOVE)... Rosie, Jenny (my cousin) Me, Jessie, Jamie & Tommy (Rosie's cousins). This is he gang of kids that were always together. This was at some event at my grandmother's clubhouse. Birthday parties and celebrations were always heald there when we were really young... I am guessing the year to be around 1985 or 86...
(DOWN)... Jenny, Me, Jess, Tommy.

Angie 13th Bday: At Lafleur's Gymnastics. (R)For the group pic, Jess sat with my sisters.
(L) Me, Brittany, and Jess during cake.

Pre-School: Jessie & I took ballet together.. tho, I think about all we learned was how to "sway like trees."

Rosie or Jessie's Bday? During a camping trip we all went on together...
Lena, Angie, Jessie, Rosie

1989: Angie's 8th B-day.. complete with a slip-n-slide and everything! (Top) Jessie sits with Tiff while I open presents... (Left) Group pic.. Jessie is far left... she is making a face cuz she is sucking on a lolly pop.

1991: My 10th Bday at Busch Gardens. I took my 2 best friends, Rosie & Jessie.
(Left) Mom, Rose, Jess, Me. (Top) Me & Jessie

(Left) STILL at my 9th Bday party we are playing with my birthday gifts... Jessie is the back playing with the water-puzzle toy.

1990: My 9th Bday.. still have the slip-n-slide.. Then after, we go to the playroom and build a pyramid (Right)

(Left) Jessie and I are playing Nintendo while Rosie and Jessica watch from above...
(Bottom) Jess & I are still playing Nintendo

Feb. 1984: Rosie blows out the candles on her 2nd Bday.. you can see Jessie and her mom (Patti) watching on the left of her.

1983: My 2nd Bday... (Left) Jessie watches as I look at cake. (Right) Jessie, Rosie, and I eat on the steps of my house.

1985: My 4th and Lena's 1st Bday.
(Top) Me and Jessie play with balloons. (Right) Jessie, Me, My Grandma's Friend (the clown), Mom, and Lena (in her lap).

1987 Chrismas Party. (LEFT) Jessie claps (far right) as Lena hits the piniata.. (Top-Right) Jessie hits the piniata, Lena and I watch from far left. (Bottom-Right) Jessie and Mom watch on as I swing at Piniata... we are all supportive of each other :-)

1986: My 5th and Lena's 2nd Bday.Mom (in hat) does a magic act for the kids.. Jess watches from far left.

Jessie's 1st Grade Pic

1987: Seaworld
(Top) Me and Jessie sit in front of the big ship.
(Right) Jessie in front of the dolphin tank

Jessie and Jenny at the clubhouse... year uncertain...

May 1994: Ginnie Springs. (Left) Me, Patti (Jessie's mom), and Jessie (Top) Lena (my sis) and Jess by canoe.

1983: Jessie (Princess) and Patti
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Halloween:
Mom (Bunny), Jessie (witch), Rosie (Dalmation)
Me (Princess)
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1988 Halloween Party: Jessie (cheerleader), Lena (Princess), Angie (Princess... took the crown off)

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Jessie and I wave from the side of the creek... we are ready to go tubing
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We bring Tiffy out into the water to try out the tubes... Jessie is pulling her tube towards us on the right.

Jessie (left) and I (right) ride horses in the mountains of North Carolina with our families.

To the left, Me, Jessie, and her little brother Ryan, push the tubes into the water... We had a lot of fun this vacation because the rapids were high since it had been raining for about 2 weeks strait before we arrived. We camped out on the shore next to this spot in the creek.

This is Jessie standing on the balcony of the house we rented in the Keys in the summer of '94. We rented the house out for a week, it was on the water so we could take the boat out for a ride and go skiing and snorkeling.

This is Jessie underwater in the pool.

In the Ocean, Lena (left) and Jessie (middle) shrug at the camera to say "whats up."

1994

Three person shoulder sit! Jess is on top

1993

Playing in the pool... I am jumping in as Jessie sits behind me... at the bottom right, Tiff swims to the side of the pool. The pool was on the third story of the house on the balcony... you can see the scenic view below...

Jess demonstrates the "sprinkler" in the pool

Tiff andlRyan play with the coconuts next to the house

Jessie helps my dad prepare food for the families in the kitchen. Jessie is laughing about their creation as Lena watches from the background with her box of cereal.

Jess (right) and I (left) are snorkeling along a reef in the keys... this year the water was particuarly clear, and the scenes were beautiful. Too bad you cannot see the reef in the picture.

On our way to the Keys in 1993, we stopped by my aunt and uncles house in Pemborke Pines (right off of Miami). This is in front of their house.
Ryan, Patti, Jessie, Tiff, A. Mary Ann, Mike (dad), Me, Theresa & Patti (my cousins, and Nita (mom). I'm guessing U. David took the pic, not sure where Lena is.

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HALLOWEEN

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Camping in North Carolina: DEEP CREEK

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The KEYS: Summer 1993 & 1994

Thanks-
giving 1990:
at Jody & Joanne's.. in the woods. (Left) Jessie and Me (Right) Me (on rope swing) and Rosie

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~ JESSE'S FAMILY REUINION IN THE CAROLINAS - 2003 ~

Poem at the Wake Service for Jessie...

AFTER GLOW

I'd like the memory of me
to be a happy one.
I'd like to leave an after glow
of smiles when life is done.

I'd like to leave an echo
whispering softly down the ways;
Of happy times and laughing
times and bright and
sunny days.

I'd like the tears of those who
grieve, to dry before the sun
Of happy memores that I leave
When life is done.

Jessica Diane Palmisano
Born: April 28, 1981
St. Petersburg, FL
Died: November 18, 2003
Pinellas Park, Florida
Final Resting Place:
Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park
Clearwater, Florida

     I had two best friends in the whole world throughout my childhood. Their names were Jessie and Rosie. Our mothers had been best friends, so we grew up together. We played together, we had birthdays together, and we went on vacations together. As we grew older, we went to separate schools and drifted apart. Though we were not as close as we were when we were younger, we were still very close.
       On Novemmber 18, 2003 Jessie, in a moment of despair, took her own life. No words could ever descibe the pain of loosing a best friend. And no words can describe the anguish of knowing it was something she chose. In my heart, I know Jessie didn't want to die. She was a beautiful and intelligent young woman and she had a lot to live for. At 4am in the morning a confused girl felt a moment of helplessness and did something drastic. Something that can never be taken back...
       The funeral was held in Clearwater... soooo many friends of Jessie showed up. It was the most horrible thing to go through. Many old friends from when we were younger showed up, too. To see these adults (whoom I have looked up to since I was a young child) seem so frail and sad... it was awful. To all the parents, mine, Rosie's, everyone's... Jessie was like a daughter to them... and they all felt the loss of one of their own children. It was something none of them ever thought they would have to go through. No parent should ever have to see their baby buried... It's just NOT the natural order of things.
     I wish I could know exactly what she was thinking that led her to this. I know if she had a chance to think about it later, she would never have done it. I love my best friend with all my heart and will think about her always and forever. The one comfort in this horrible ordeal is that Jessie has finally found peace.

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PALMISANO -- Jessica 'Jesse,' 22, of Pinellas Park, died Tuesday (Nov. 18, 2003) at home. Born in St. Petersburg, she was an Osceola High School Graduate. She earned her associate of science degree in computer networking from Tampa Tech. She formerly worked for Velocity Computers. She enjoyed sailing, surfing, scuba diving, dancing, and computers... (see bottom of page...)

"A million words would not bring you back,
I know because I've tried.
Neither could a million tears,
I know because I've cried."

QUOTES:

Though our memories of today will soon be yesterdays, they will live forever in our tomorrows." -Isabel Urbano

"Grief is a sign that we loved something more than ourselves.... grief makes us worthy to suffer with the rest of the world." -Joan Chittister

"To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world." -Unknown

"Something done in an instant can cause heartache for a lifetime." -Unknown

"The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary, because they were too obvious." -Andre Gide

"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us, what we have done for others and the world is immortal." -Albert Pike

"God give me the Serenity to accept things I cannot change, Courage to change what I can, and Wisdom to know the difference." -Unknown

"Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size." -Mark Twain

"It's a pleasure to share one's memories. Everything remembered is dear, enduring, touching, precious. At least the past is safe - though we don't know it at the time. We know it now. Because it is in the past; because we have survivied. -Susan Sontag

** Last Updated: 9/2/2007

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(I apologize for the geocities guestbook. I do not have control over it. Try to make messsages BRIEF because IT WILL CUT OFF the end of your entry! :-( This is unfortunate because I see that already several entries in the guestbook have been cut off (in the middle of sentences), and there is no way to see what they were supposed to say. I know that each of your messages are important and it saddens me that myself and others are unable to read them. If you would like to say a lot, please make use of the additional box I have created, or feel free to create a second entry in the book.)

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~*In Memory of Jesse Palmisano*~

Visit SUNCOAST YELLOW RIBBON
You used to be able to find Jesse's picture in the "We Remeber" Section... You may still be able to.
It also gives the number to a Suicide helpline as well as other information.

Jessie's Graduation
May 1999

Florida Keys 1993

Jesse Diving in Key Largo to the Christ Statue
2001

July 1991

Ryan and Jesse
May 2001

Christmas 2002
Jesse, Patti, Ryan

November 22, 2003

"A Song for Jesse"
Produced and Written by: T-Boz (Travis Baker)
Performed by: Tish, T-Boz, and Freydo Colione
Recorded and mixed by: Music Matrix
Executive Produced by: Breakthrough Records

Jesse with her siblings and cousins

Jesse and her Dad

Jesse and her brother

Jesse and her sisters

Jesse and Cody

siblings and cousins

Note: Guestbook entries are set to need approval before posting. This is due to a sudden flourish of spam entries recently... they should post within a day or so of when you posted them.

Bike Week 2000
Paul, Kelly, Jesse

Kelly, Bartender Chic, Jesse at Bike Week 2000 for Kelly's Birthday

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