Scott Michael Smith - August 29, 1970 - October 4, 1997
This is about my beloved Son Scott who was taken from me on October 4, 1997 to be with the angels.
He was a great son and brother and he loved his family very much!! He was my first son born to me a single parent at age twenty-two. I was both mom and dad to Scott. I did both mom and dad things with Scott. I taught him how to play baseball which he really loved and I taught him right from wrong. He was a very happy child, always a smile on his face that would light up the world and a laugh that would infiltrate your entire being.
Growing up Scott had some very nice friends. He was a good kid. In 1981 I was to have my second son Derek. I had decided not to marry his dad and so now it was the three of us. Scott loved his new brother and was there to help me raise him. Derek and Scott were like father and son. Scott set out to show Derek right from wrong, as I did for him.
We had to move and consequently Scott made some new friends. He began to be a follower and started getting involved in drugs and alcohol. I pleaded with him to get rid of these friends and to get some help, he refused and the courts would not back me up. Scott then quit high school at age 18 without my permission. I was devastated and hurt. I wanted so much more for him. Derek and I were getting increasingly worried about Scott. This pattern would go on until he was 25 when he decided no more drugs and go to technical school and started a new job making good money. He was so proud that he accomplished this and was doing well as an apprentice in heating and air-conditioning. Derek and I were so proud and thought this was the end of his wild days, but we were wrong. On the evening of October 3, 1997 I saw my son for the last time, as he died as the result of being a drunk driver in a car accident on the morning of October 4, 1997, his aorta being severed and he bled to death. No one else was injured or killed. He was the only one, he paid the price for the things I told him never to do. Derek and I sadly miss him and I still have to put my life together. Derek listened to his his brother and never repeated Scott's mistakes. Scott would be so proud of his little brother. Scott will forever remain in our hearts!!! |
