Brent Bowden

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the beautiful graphics and for lighting candles for my Gabriel while I wasn’t able to. It means the world to me to know you care. Especially during the month of July when it was Gabe’s Birthday and Angelvarsary. I send you my love. Always keeping you, your family and your precious Brent in my prayers. God Bless you Terri.

Keeping you close to my heart, especially this month, I know it's difficult.

Stars shining bright above you
Night breezes seem to whisper "I love you"
Birds singing in the sycamore tree
Dream a little dream of me...

Love, Brent

Sorry I haven't visited in awhile, still waiting for my computer to get fixed.

Please pray for my husband, his lung cancer has come back.

Dear Terri,

What a beautiful site you have for Brent. The love you shared on his site for him is amazing. The hurt is so deep. I know the pain and I hate it. I know you don't want to hear with time it gets easier but the wombs do heal a little and make life a little more managable. I know Brent has only been gone for l year and 5 months, but I didn't feel life until after 3 years of Angie's passing.

I'm sorry to read that you and your husband are breaking up. You've been together for a long time. I know you said he blames you for Brents death and that must be terrible for you to endure. I don't know how Brent passed, but unless you took a knife, a gun or another weapon and used it on your son, I don't think you can be blamed for him death. You write you were a very strict Mom...so good, in this days and times we have to be. Our jobs as parents is to be responsible for our children and to keep them safe. If they had all the freedom they wanted, they'd end up like the kids who are living in the streets, and than we could blame ourselves.

Your husband is hurting also because he loves and misses Brent. Some people have to blame others to justify things. I'm sure Brent is looking down and feeling that you should both do what you feel you have to. Perhaps time apart, may bring you back closer than ever, and if not than it's meant to be.

We don't know the unknown things in life...we can ask repeatedly, WHY? Why did the cat go on the road and end up getting hit by a car? Why did I yell at my kids today, they were only laughing and jumping and I was trying to wash the floor? Why did God make all of us suffer because of Adam and Eve?...Most of the time our why's are never going to be answered and we just have to live with the fact that things happen in life...good and bad! We are not God and we can't control everything and everyone. We can only try to do our best.

On that note, I want to thank you for adding Brent to Angie's Angels Family Page. I'm sure there all having a blast and never do they need to ask why or ever endure any more heartaches, pain, or sorrow. My Mom, Louise and I really appreciate you adding Brent to Angie's Angel Family Page because it's important to know she has special Angel Friends and that we're blessed with many Angel Families, like yourself.

My husband looks at Angie's site and reads most things written, but he is not the type to express himself to the world. Yet he knows how important you all are to me. Thank you for the beautiful candles you write and the graphics. I wish we could master the graphics, but I haven't gotten there yet...and not by a lack of not trying. One day I'll surprise you with one for Brent.

I believe like you, that we'll be with our children again and it will be the most wonderful moment. I believe God has crossed all of our paths for a reason and perhaps one day we'll meet all the Angels and all the Angels Families. That would be so devine.

Terri, I'm here for you if you ever want to talk, cry, scream or just vent...we don't pass judgement on other families no matter that the issue is, we're here to support and help one another.

Lighting one candle from another does not diminish the glow from the first candle. For just a moment the flame is higher and brighter. May all the candles that have been lit for your precious Brent, glow brightly like a star in the night sky.