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Thanks Joe, That was beautiful  (May 25, 2008 | post #230)

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Thanks Bernard, that was so nice of you to go to Charlie's "Spot" for his birthday. The last few weeks have been epecially hard with Charlie's 19th birthday, then the 6 month mark and Mother's Day.I will spend the rest of my life counting weeks, months, years. It is an awful way to live but that is the way it is now. Sadly, I am painfully aware of how much time passes without my son, I feel every minute. Bernard thank you again for the memorial bracelets. I have very little of the 500 left  (May 25, 2008 | post #229)

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I would also like to thank you for your service and your part in seeking justice for Charlie. I am thankful for your wisdom and compassion. My life has been devastated and there can be no happy ending for us but maybe another innocent life can be saved through your efforts. I see this as a willful, delibrate disregard for life, be it his or anyone elses. When you choose to drive a vehicle impaired & recklessly, you are blatently telling society "I don't care about myself, you or your loved ones" plain and simple! We must continue to be intolerant and swift to justice in these cases because we do care. You showed that to be true. Thank you again from all of us, family and friends of Charlie and also from my Charlie  (May 16, 2008 | post #222)

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Although my heart is broken beyond repair I do take solice in that I know Charlie knew how loved he was/is. Believe me it means the world to me. I am glad that my poem touched you in such a way. We can never predict what life will bring and it is important to live in the moment and express our feelings to those we love.It is hard to live each day without my son, I am grateful that we had a loving realtionship while he was with me. These are the things that matter the most in the end. May you and your childern always take the time to show your love to each other. Enjoy and cherish those smiles, how I loved Charlie's smile  (May 16, 2008 | post #221)

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Thank you and I would like to see this person off the road for your family and others also. But if this was true why was he not arrested at the scene? I am very confused. There weren't any charges filed to anyone that night  (May 15, 2008 | post #219)

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Thank you so much. It was so nice of you to write after all this time. I still come on now and then. It has quieted down over the months. It's not that he is forgotten by his friends. There are memorial pages on both Facebook and on MySpace. These pages were made by his friends and I think you have to be a member of each in order to view them. His MySpace page is full of pictures, music and beautiful slide shows made by the collaboration of many of his friends. That is where they post their comments and continue to keep his memory alive. The administator of the page has to "allow" people to view it, that's the way MySpace works in order to protect the kids. I think it is the same with Facebook. Charlie was a easy going, kind and very happy person. We miss him so much as you can well imagine. He really was a joy to have everyday in our lives  (Apr 9, 2008 | post #216)