Helping Me To Deal With.....

Josh died in an auto accident on December 29, 1997 in northern Wisconsin.

Josh was born on March 20, 1979 the son of Rick and Vickie Bell.

My very first grandchild!
How happy and proud we all were of this perfect little bundle of energy!
I was convinced that nobody ever had a more perfect grandson than I!!

When the phone call came, I thought I would surely die,
I could not breath for what seemed years!
This must be a mistake! But it was really true.
We would never see Josh as a full grown man,
never know the pride and joy of holding his children,
All we had left were our memories of Josh.
Happy memories, sad memories.
Memories of things we wished we'd said and done.
Memories of things we wished we had not said and done.
So many memories!

When he was a little boy, we joked that we
never had to worry about Josh talking to strangers.
He never saw a stranger!

So many many teenage friends attended Josh's funeral.
It was very heartwarming to see.
Many placing mementos into the casket,
giving a rose to Vickie and Grandma Fannin.

I can't even begin to imagine the depth of suffering
that Rick and Vickie have gone through.
My hope is that building this site in memory
of Josh will help all of us to accept,
and remember how much our lives were enriched
by having Joshua those few short years that he was loaned to us.

I will add links to all the pages that make up Josh's site,
as well as links to other places of interest.

I am constantly changing and adding, so check back often.

Hopefully each visitor will read and sign the guestbook
which will be available on each of the pages.

The midi that you will hear as you visit is "I Remember You",
a special request by Vickie.

Hopefully, the site will be a combination of
dealing with Josh's death, but mostly celebrating his life,
we were so fortunate to have
had him for those few short years!

Thank you God for loaning Josh to us!!