house / Jim (step dad )

We finaly sold that old house and moved to town.

While we were packing up all our stuff we found so many things that were yours or something that made us think of you.

Life is still so different with out you here. I still think of you often.

Here's a hoot for you the new house has ceiling fans.

Yes I still remember and laugh about ceiling fans.

I love and miss you!

 

Just a daddy....

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Thought about you  / Granny

Hello sweet angel:

         Granny thought about you all day yesterday. But you know that. Yesterday was a hard day for all of us. We all have some very special memories to enjoy. I spent yesterday doing that. I feel lucky that I got to enjoy you that long yet still sad because it still was not long enough. Your my special angel that God sent home to young.

                                                                    Love you forever,

                                                                        GrannyXXXX

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What can you say  / Jim (stepdad)

What can you say after 3 years?

It still hits real hard when I think about you and that horrible day.

Just yeasterday I was at a farewell party for Fr. Gidion.

(Our priest is moving to another church)

I thought about how you would be all over the place talking with everyone,because everyone was a friend of yours.

It seems like everyday something or someone reminds me of you or something you did.

I'm sure you're running all over heaven talking and cuttin up with your friends.

Some memories make me smile and some make me cry, but that's ok cause they are all about you. I still think about you and miss you every day.

Love and peace out!

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rickmuz@mac.com / Rick Smith, Jr
You know kid, the older I get the wiser I become (imagine that, as I remember the 60th birthday card you gave me for my 40th) and the wiser I get, the more I come to realize how the small stupid things in life are the things that matter. I used to dread making that 60 mile one way trip from Nashville to Dickson once a week to get you to your probation officer. What I wouldn't give to still be making that trip! Not that I'd like to see you on probation mind you ;) But you know what I am saying. I wonder how many people meet someone who leaves them with an impression, and then they never get to know them? I am glad I took the time to get to know you. Your short life on this earth had an impact on many people and you probably never realized just how you could impact so many other people. I just wanted to share that with you and others. Cherish the small stupid things in life. I rejoice in the fact that you knew you were loved on this planet and in this life and I have come to a place in my life where I smile now when I think of you and although I still shed an occasional tear I am happy because I know you are happy too. I love you Kid!!! Close

Happy Mother's Day  / Patty~Mom To Angel Nicholas Zanfini Jr. ((Angel Friend) )
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Happy Valentines Day Stephen!  / Janicemom2Jennifer Pokerwinski (angel friend )

Love & Hugs, Janice and angel Jennifer

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Happy Valentines Day To all  / Patty~Mom To Angel Nicholas Zanfini Jr. (( Angel Friend ) )
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Another Birthday,Christmas and New Year  / Granny
To our precious Angel:
      We are all sadened to have spent your birthday,and Christmas without you. You were our Xmas present the year you were born. We all hold you in our hearts and will til we see you again. It still 
bothers us about that day. We know it wasn't right.It's in God's hands thu. You gave us all some very happy and precious memories. As the years go by without you we'll just learn to enjoy them. Hope you are having a wonderful time in Heaven. You have a lot of great company. Granny will love you forever.   Close

An open note to all the visitors to Stephen's site  / Rick
I first want to thank the folks who come by and visit and leave the nice comments, we are unfortunately linked by the reality of life which is death. I know that your comments mean a lot to not only me, but to Stephen's family, especially his Grandmother and Mom. I hope all of you had as good a Holiday season as can be expected all things considered. Please forgive me! I have gotten several e-mails from visitor's and I have tried to respond, but before I do, I like to visit the site of your loved ones, so I can get an idea of what kind of person they were... I am truly saddened and heartbroken in addition to sharing the commonality of death, many of you have lost a child/Grandchild/Niece/Nephew, and at the prime of their lives. It really breaks my heart, and I don't know what to say or how to respond. I just attended a funeral on Saturday for another kid of 22 (I am 45 anyone under 25 is a kid to me) that I knew who was shot to death here in Nashville last week. This is a tragedy that nobody anticipated, and again devastated family members left to mourn. So... If I have not responded to your e-mail, please do not think of me as rude. Nothing could be further from the truth. Your kids remind me a lot of Stephen, and as you know Stephen has a special place in my heart and memory. God Bless you! Close

Christmas Blessings  / Dianne/Mom Of Angel Nicholas White (Connected by Angels )

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Happy Birthday, Stephen  / Dianne/Mom Of Angel Nicholas White (Connected by Angels )

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETIE  / GRANNY
Hi sweet Angel:
       I been thinking about you a lot today. You were our Christmas present . It's always hard to think about you being gone . I't's pretty ruff today. All the things that could have been. Life has changed so much for all of us. I don't take too much for granted as I once did. And today really is hard. We all love and miss you so very very much Stevie.                                               XOXOXOXO Granny  Close

Another birthday  / Jim (step dad )
Hey Dude,
It's still hard to belive you're not with us and another birthday for you in Heaven.
You have been gone for a while now and I still think about you every day.
I miss you oh so much and always will.

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Happy Birthday  / Rick
Happy Birthday little buddy! I miss you so much and wish that you could be here so that we could all celebrate. We'll all be thinking about you on your B'day tomorrow and in the coming days as we celebrate Christmas. I love ya' kiddo!!! Rick Close

Granny & Rick  / Patty Lovell (Connected By Our Angels )
Take my hand friends we are on this same terrible journey! I lost my brother to suicide September 18, 2001. We also live in Tennessee, he lived in Nashville and I live in Mt. Juliet. I know very well where Dickson is, what a small world.

I share your pain and heartache for your precious angel Stephen. He was a very handsome young man, wish I could have gotten to know him. Someday though I know I will get to meet him in our Heavenly home that God has promised to all that believeth in him!

Granny, you and Rick keep your heads held high and remember all of the good memories of you precious Stephen. I am here for you both, it has taken me a long time to deal with the loss of my brother and bestfriend. I ask God every night to just get me through the next day.

I would love for you both to visit his site if you would like:
http://gary-haywood.memory-of.com

I will keep you both in my thoughts and prayers, and I wish for you to have a blessed Christmas! Just think Stephen and my Bubba gets to celebrate Jesus Birthday with him. God Bless you Granny and Rick! Close

I miss him dearly.  / Kayla McCabe (very good friend. )
Stephen & I used to hang out all the time. He was the sweetest guy. He could always make me laugh, even in the worst of times. he still does to this day, I just think about something that he may have said or done. I still remember the last talk we had on the phone like it was yesterday, we were having the usual goofy talk. Then thats when he told me that he loved me, I told it back to him, we both laughed. He told me that he would talk to me tomorrow told me good night and said that he would be over tomorrow. that was the last time I ever heard his voice. Because that morning is when he was taken from us. I talked to him @ twelve thirty am. and around seven the sweetest guy you'll ever meet was taken from us. I still have the paper that he wrote his number down on. It read I HOP with his number telling me to call him any time. It was written in a blue marker. I am so sorry for your loss of a great, wonderful guy. Close

Giving Thanks to you Sweetie  / Granny
My precious Angel:
      Thank you so much for all the wonderful memories. For all the times you said the cuttest things when you were just a little feller that made me laugh, I thank you. Everytime I think about 
some of the things you came up with I am amazed all over again.You were an amazing little feller to Granny and I just know you would have been a wonderful young man if not for that terrible day. When you called to tell me your plans to go into the Army I just knew then that you would make a fine young man. I still can't believe that two weeks later you left us. I couldn't even cry at the funeral because it didn't seem real. I have cried a lot sense then and still cry a little over you. We all have excepted that we must go on but it will never be as good without you. We will love you forever. I know you have many special Angels around you that, like you, left too soon. My heart goes out to thair families. We'll miss you more on the Holiday's. Take care of our's hearts. You know you have a piece of all our hearts. We love and miss you forever.
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Thinkin' / Rick
Hey Kid!

   Jus wanted you to know you can still bring a tear to my eyes!
   I am out on the Jimmy Buffett tour and was driving from Boston to Toronto the other night and had a happy memory of you and started tearing up... kind of embarrassing when you have a member of the crew in the jump seat up front.
    But I figured that you probably thought it would have been funny!

    Love You Kid!! and I miss you terribly :(
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THINKING OF YOU  / MONICA STOLZ (ANGEL FRIEND )



I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW IM THINKING OF YOU STEPHEN... YOUR IN A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART NOW AND 4EVER....((HUGS GRANNY)) Close

For you Stephen  / Laura Angel Mom To Alexandra Terry *** (angels in heaven )
        
        Music of choice - RAP - to express yourself

                             

     For you Stephen, You rap on sweetie and bring
     down those pearly gates - make some noise!

    My angel alex listened to all kinds of music and alot
    of times I listened right along with her. And she was 
    one of the most kindest, big hearted, individuals that
    ever walked on this earth. Music, or the choice of 
    music, does not make who we are as a person. And 
    for people to judge before knowing, breaks my heart!
GOD BLESS YOU STEPHEN - LAY SOME RAP ON MYALEX
                             she loves music too!
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