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| JOSHUA'S FUNERAL |
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| THIS IS JOSHUA'S OBITUARY FROM MARCH 7TH 2003. SULLIVAN, JOSHUA: OCEAN COUNTY, NJ. JOSHUA DANIEL SULLIVAN, 15 MONTHS, BELOVED SON OF CHRISTOPHER AND ADALIA SULLIVAN DIED WEDNESDAY MARCH 5TH 2003 AT THE OCEAN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER. JOSHUA IS SURVIVED BY HIS TWO LOVING PARENTS, HIS BROTHERS MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE AND JOHN, HIS GRANDPARENTS ABIGAIL AND ROGER SULLIVAN, TRISHA AND DAVIS HARBER. JOSHUA WAS PREDECEASED BY BROTHER ISAIAH AND AN AUNT, JENNIFER. A SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE WILL TAKE PLACE AT 12 NOON, MONDAY MARCH 10TH. (I AM LEAVING OUT PIECES OF INFORMATION) |
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| THE FUNERAL FOR JOSHUA WAS IN NO DOUBT BEAUTIFUL. SO MANY PEOPLE ATTENDED, SOME THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. AND EVEN SOME PEOPLE WE HADN'T SEEN IN YEARS. AS THE GUESTS ENTERED AND WENT TO SEE JOSHUA IN HIS COFFIN, MY COUSIN EMILY PLAYED A SOFT SONG ON THE PIANO, ALONG WITH HER MOTHER ON THE VIOLIN. THERE WERE BUNCHES OF BLUE AND WHITE FLOWERS ALL OVER THE ROOM. ONE BUNCH OF FLOWERS WAS SHAPED TO SPELL 'JOSHUA', WHICH WAS LOVINGLY DONATED BY A GOOD FRIEND OF OURS. THE PASTOR BEGAN BY TALKING ABOUT HOW CHILDREN GO TO HEAVEN TO BE WITH THE LORD. HE ASSURED US THAT JOSHUA WAS IN HEAVEN. THEN HE PAUSED, AND THE SONG "HOW DO I LIVE WITHOUT YOU" BY LEANN RHIMES FADED ON, AND A VIDEO STARTED. IT SHOWED JOSHUA WHEN HE WAS FIRST BORN, HIS FIRST STEPS, HIS FIRST WORD. SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE THERE WAS AN IMAGE OF HIM BLOWING A KISS TO THE CAMERA, AND YOU COULD JUST SEE EVERY FEATURE OF HIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FACE. AT THE END OF THE VIDEO IT SHOWED A CLIP OF HIM SAYING "BYE MOMMA, BYE DADDY!!" AS HE RAN TO PLAY WITH MATTHEW.... MY HUSBAND WAS THE NEXT TO GET UP AND SPEAK ABOUT JOSHUA. HE TOLD EVERY DETAIL HE COULD POSSIBLY THINK OF. HE MADE SURE EVERYONE KNEW OUR PRECIOUS LITTLE BOY, EVEN IF THEY HAD NEVER MET HIM. I WAS SUPPOSED TO SPEAK BUT UNFORTUNATLY... AT THAT POINT I WAS HYPERVENTALATING FROM CRYING, AND COULDN'T. SOMETHING I WILL ALWAYS REGRET. THEN WE CARRIED HIS COFFIN TO THE CEMETERY. THAT TINY LITTLE COFFIN.... THEY LOWERED IT INTO THE GROUND AFTER SOME MORE PRAYERS, AND WE ALL THREW WHITE ROSES ON TOP... AS OUR LAST GOODBYE. |
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| I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE NEXT SECTION OF THIS PAGE A SPOT WHERE OUR OTHER SONS CAN SHARE THEIR LOVE FOR JOSHUA. FROM MATTHEW: JOSHUA, I WILL NEVER FORGET HOW FUNNY YOU WERE. YOU ALWAYS MADE ME LAUGH. YOU WERE SO CUTE. MOMMY AND DADDY REALLY MISS YOU. I DO TOO. I LOVE YOU. FROM MARK: HEY JOSH, I WANTED TO PLAY BASEBALL WITH YOU. SORRY WE DIDN'T GET TO. I WILL PLAY IT WITH YOU IN HEAVEN. I LOVE YOU. FROM LUKE: I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU JOSH. WE WILL ALWAYS BE BROTHERS. I MISS YOU! FROM JOHN: I MISS YOU SO MUCH. I LOVE YOU. |
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