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Life After Death
And even though I was dead, my broken heart gushed on pumping. My mind, nothing but a void of darkness with a single loose line, ravenously searched for a synapsis to cling to, any alternate scenario. Oh and my soul, reduced to ashes hardly clung to the air I had become. I died that day,…
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Sea Cowboy
Black stetson Bailey If you’ve never seen a cowboy ride a manatee, you have now. Scott and I got this photo texted to us from a friend sitting at St. John’s tavern watching the Junior prom kids take pictures. The text said “Isn’t this your son?” At the time I rolled my eyes at this…
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Eulogy by Adam
Adam is more than a friend of Josh’s, they are like brothers. Adam is a friend of Josh’s entire family. There are certain people who enter your life with purpose and Adam is one of those rare and special people to Josh. Whenever the two were together they were content, they just fit together like…
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Skiff
skiff school/vessel of lessons When Josh was 12 Scott took him to buy a 16’ Carolina Skiff. We had just moved to Crystal River and Josh had basically no boating skills. Scott showed him what to do, asked him if he had any questions and then told him to drive the boat home. Scott told…
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Triple tale
A tale/ a triple tail On October 4, 2021 Josh and I were on plane, headed in from fishing the spoil banks one day when he yelled “hold on momma” and he circled the boat around and killed the motor. He hopped to the front of the boat and looked over at a buoy and…
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It Takes A Village
Broken/Surrounded by people like glue Tragedy has ravished us with the loss of our son, Josh. It is lonely, but we are not alone, our village has us surrounded. The night Josh passed, our village was at the bridge, maybe 100 people, probably more, there for us, there for Josh. Less than 24 hours later,…
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Sis’s birthday
And back to school August 10th. Olivia’s birthday and always the first day of school. Today is the second birthday for Olivia without her brother Josh but the first birthday she remembers without him. He missed her first birthday because he wasn’t born yet and he’s missing her 20th birthday because his earthly days are…
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Good Grief
Grief is not good/ I must grieve good It’s been one month and five days since my son took a leap of faith off a bridge to swim with his friends in the river below. It was the last thing he did in his earthly body and I know that the fall down to the…
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Deer Josh
Dear/Deer Josh was a lover of the outdoors and he loved to hunt. Every year once hunting season came around he was constantly thinking about when and where he could go deer hunting. He loved every part of the hunting experience, the time spent with the guys, the quiet, the outdoors, the patience, the sighting,…
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Josh Bailey
The Ride/ The Die My son, Joshua James Bailey was born 11 days late in Inverness, Florida on January 29th, 2004. His first home was in Floral City, Florida where he lived a short time with his grandparents, two uncles, sister, dad, and me…Josh’s mom. We then moved to Brooksville, Florida where Josh would live…
Long Live Josh Bailey 