Dragan Berislav Jović

Happy Halloween

Randy and I would like to thank you for the beautiful graphics & candles and all the love and support on this difficult day.  This day was comforted by all your love and support, Dragan.  xo

Love Randy and Claudia 

Dragan Jovic'

Oct.14, 1985~Sept.12, 2009

~Always in our Heart~

Thank you for remembering our Angel Leah with all the candles and graphics. They are so appreciated.

How We Survive

If we are fortunate,
we are given a warning.

If not,
there is only the sudden horror,
the wrench of being torn apart;
of being reminded
that nothing is permanent,
not even the ones we love,
the ones our lives revolve around.

Life is a fragile affair.
We are all dancing
on the edge of a precipice,
a dizzying cliff so high
we can't see the bottom.

One by one,
we lose those we love most
into the dark ravine.

So we must cherish them
without reservation.
Now.
Today.
This minute.
We will lose them
or they will lose us
someday.
This is certain.
There is no time for bickering.
And their loss
will leave a great pit in our hearts;
a pit we struggle to avoid
during the day
and fall into at night.

Some,
unable to accept this loss,
unable to determine
the worth of life without them,
jump into that black pit
spiritually or physically,
hoping to find them there.

And some survive
the shock,
the denial,
the horror,
the bargaining,
the barren, empty aching,
the unanswered prayers,
the sleepless nights
when their breath is crushed
under the weight of silence
and all that it means.

Somehow, some survive all that and,
like a flower opening after a storm,
they slowly begin to remember
the one they lost
in a different way...

The laughter,
the irrepressible spirit,
the generous heart,
the way their smile made them feel,
the encouragement they gave
even as their own dreams were dying.

And in time, they fill the pit
with other memories
the only memories that really matter.

We will still cry.
We will always cry.
But with loving reflection
more than hopeless longing.

And that is how we survive.
That is how the story should end.
That is how they would want it to be.

             HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGEL DRAGAN

                       OCTOBER 14, 1985

With love, I wish Angel Dragan Jovic a very Blessed, Happy Birthday in Heaven.

                            FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS                     

Praying you are surrounded with all our Angels to celebrate your big day.

                    HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN HEAVEN

May God embrace you with blessings and glory along your heavenly journey.

Peace, LostMom to Patrick Barbosa

Happy Heavenly Birthday handsome Dragan!!  Sending birthday hugs to you and keeping your family close to my heart.  We may be miles away but. . . .these days are so hard and please know my thoughts and prayers are with you.  May the beautiul memories of Dragan give you some kind of peace and comfort.  God Bless.  (((((Dad)))))