This memorial website was created in memory of our precious Jared Sammons.  Born in Kentucky on August 20, 1983, he left this life on January 21, 2006 at the age of 22. Our hearts are broken and will never mend.  We will add content here as we travel this grief journey. We will never forget.  We will love you forever.

To those who may visit  here - thank you for coming and please leave a candle to let us know you came.  It touches our hearts to know you remember our precious Jared.

I have been looking at other memorial web sites and wonder how we 'mothers' survive the loss of our children. And yet we do and here we are ......living on with our memories. Our lives were changed forever in an instant. No one knows this pain except another parent and we parents don't wish this knowledge on anyone else.

Jared you are with me always, never gone from my thoughts - my angel, my son, my child.

Jared's 24th Birthday

We gathered at Stephie’s to remember your birth and to thank God for the 22 years that we had you with us on this earth. Your nieces and nephews  wrote notes to you on balloons again this year and released them. We all watched for as long as we could see the balloons turn into tiny specks in the sky. We miss your presence so much but know that you are safe and happy where you are. Casting Crowns wrote a song in 2005 that says how we feel today. The sentiment goes like this – although our hearts are torn we will continue to praise God in this Storm. Our help comes from the Lord (Psalms 121:2). God has never left our side while we have endured your absence. How else could we have survived without you in our lives? Some days are so much more difficult than others as we walk through this grief journey that has been forced upon us. We will see you again. We love you so much. We miss you so much.
Love Forever until we meet again.

Christmas 2007

You are always with us in our hearts and thoughts.  You are in this picture too!  Your smiling face watching over us.  You are so loved and so missed.  Keep watching over us and watching for our coming.

January 21, 2008 your 2nd Angel Date

You must have been in pain for those days before you left us.  You were thinking of heaven and the risen Savior.  If any of us had known your pain and the side effects of Lexipro we would never have left your side.  This is the picture you downloaded to your cell phone on the 10th:


What is two years compared to 22?  We have only just begun to miss you and learn to live without you here on this earth.  You can not see our sorrow - you are protected.  That brings me comfort.  I know you are smiling somewhere - and that brings me comfort.  We all thought of you today as we went about our lives with each other.  I went to your memory garden and gathered up the Christmas items and put them back in the attic.  I brushed the fallen leaves away that the wind had blown across and around your roses and little dog statuaries.  Your animals - your dogs and cats are being loved for you.  
You are so missed 
You are so loved 
Forever is coming soon for all of us.  
Until we meet again
Mom

 Easter

 March 23, 2008

Two years, 2 months,

2 days since you left us.

Easter when you were two years old.

 All the candy and hiding eggs with your older sisters and brother is such a sweet, sweet thought.  Remembering Christ's resurrection on this day is a comforting thought because I know we will see each other again - when time is no more and in the twinkling of the eye - our family will live again together, forever - never to be separated and with our Savior forever.

Jared's 25th Birthday

August 20, 2008

 We all met at Nannie's for your birthday party.  We wrote messages on helium balloons again this year. This time you are in the picture with us - there with Maddie.  We miss you so much.  We all want to remember you and as each year passes the pain which was so great has lessened and we can speak of you and even smile as we remember your beautiful face and your deep voice.  We will never forget.

We watched again this year until we could no longer see the balloons as they drifted higher and higher.  I know you heard our prayers and thoughts of you with out the balloons. The children and the adults want to celebrate you even when you are no longer with us.

We love you forever and we will meet again soon.

 Christmas 2008

Christmas at Gee Gee's, Nannie's and with Mom and Dad. We have so many family gatherings. You are with us at each one. We are continuing a 'tradition' just for you. We will hold your picture in our family pictures so you can be remembered through the years with the rest of us.

First, at Gee Gee's we all eat and play Chinese auction. You always loved it.



Nannie always invited Santa for the kids!

Christmas at home with you.

Cole and Cade were baptized this month and we were all there to witness their young dedication to the Lord. You were with us. Laiken turned 13 and you were there with us. Maddie reached 11 years old and so grown up and you were there with us.

You are with us in our hearts and thoughts and yet we still miss you so much. Life goes on day after day year after year. You are at peace with the Lord and yet we still miss your presence here with us. We treasure each minute we have with each other and look forward to the reunion in heaven. Love forever Mom.

January 21, 2009

Your Third Angel Date

Three years have come and gone so quickly.  I never thought I would have to keep you safe from yourself-

I wish my love had been enough to keep your safe.  Somehow I have to give you up to God - now you are forever safe

You will meet me when I come -- not the sequence that should be --- not what I wanted --- but what is

You are gone forever from this earth where I live and breathe and continue to love

You are living still and are waiting just over the river - not far now it seems to me not long now

The life we live here on earth is so short compared to the life after death.  Death is just the beginning of our journey through time and yet time is not counted in hours and minutes nor in days and years

"Life has meaning beyond the grave ....we have been given a hunger for our eternal home.  With heaven awaiting us death is no longer the end.  Nor is it to be feared.  Because of Christ's death and resurrection" where oh death is your victory? Where oh death is your sting? (Apostle Paul)      ....F. LaGard Smith

Until we meet in Glory - Love Forever - Mom

Jared's 26th Birthday

August 20, 2009

Some of our August birthdays

 January 21, 2010

 Your Fourth Angel Date

 Your 4th angel date has come and gone.  It does not seem possible!  I continue to nurture your memory.  None of us knows the number of days God will give us, yet we know that those days will  be enough to do what he has planned for us on this earth.  Your work on this earth has ended and you have gone on to your reward.  I believe the promise of eternity and the absence of separation. 

So small a speck in the river of time - so brief our moment in time on this earth - so infinite our eternal heavenly life! 

How are we using the time He has given us?

 I will always love you and miss you until we meet again in Glory!!!

Love Mom

Jared's 27th Birthday Along with all the rest of the August Birthdays!!! 

August 20, 2010

You will always be remembered.  You made a difference for good in all our lives.  You still are making a difference for good even now.  God holds you in His arms now and I can only look at the past pictures.  My new pictures of you are in my mind and those pictures are of you with God, with Eternal Life, surrounded by the Light, warm and happy.  

So Happy Birthday Jared!!!!  We love You!!!! 

Simon passed away in August 2010

 Our corner of the sky at sunset

 Happy 28th Birthday to Jared and all the August Birthdays this month !

Lizzie, Wade, Jason, GiGi, Russell, Uncle John, Uncle Glen