In Memory of Gaje Jeffrey Florence

I was recently contacted by Donna Sanders, she is the mother of six year old Jessalyn Sanders. Jessalyn died on May 29, 2007 and her killer is waiting for trial. Jessalyn and Gaje were both six years old at the time of their death and both children where hit by a vehicle and neither of the drivers had a license.

The cases are similar to one another and both killers where charged with negligent homicide. Jessalyn lived in Tulsa Oklahoma and was killed while crossing the street by a man who said he was reaching down to answer his phone. For those of you who are new to Gaje's blog, Gaje was killed in our driveway after a lady backed over him. The lady and this man were both careless when it came to their driving. If it hadn't been for them our children would be here today and I would still be the happiest mother on this earth.

Loosing a child is unexplainable and it makes life seem as though it is not worth living at times. Watching the children come home from school everyday and you happen to see someone who looks just like your angel, you take a moment and then it hits you once again. The tears are unbearable and the pain is much greater than anything you have ever experienced in your life.

When the tragedy first hits your neighborhood, people become more cautious of their driving and looking out for the little ones but as time passes, they soon begin to forget what had happened, everyone forgets, everyone but you and your family.

Don't forget the children or the families who brought them up. We are human and as humans, we hurt and years from now, we will still be hurting.