To those of you who asked; Here is the memorial speech that I wrote for Jason. You can not experience life without experiencing loss. And those that are in my life have heard me say this more than once (listen to me): As deep as you love someone is as deep as you hurt when that someone is gone. Shallow pain equals shallow love. But DEEP pain only comes from unbridled love. A love without limits. And that kind of love penetrates to the depths of our hearts. Although, I can not articulate to you the intricate workings of a heart. I CAN tell you that a heart that opens itself up and lets someone into its very core; becomes venerable to the very pain that we are experiencing today. I read some where once that the English language has nearly 500,000 commonly used words, yet all of them seems inadequate in the face of our pain and loss today. No words are sufficient! But let me tell you this! Jason recently reached a depth of love that I have not seen him reach before! YES he loved me and my husband; he loved us enough to call us mom and dad since he was a kid. And YES, he loved my son; he loved him enough to call him “brother”. And yes he loved his “battle buddies”; he loved them enough to take a bullet for them! But the day he met Deidre (his precious bride that I now call daughter) was the day that his “love experiences” reached a new depth. I could stand here all day and tell you how faithful Jason was as a son, a brother, a friend or a worker, how much he loved to help others, how thoughtful he was and how he was the first one to call me on mothers day EVERY mothers day; or how when I was sick, he called me EVERY single day to check on me until I got better and asked me if I needed anything. I could tell you what a faithful friend he was to his buddies and what a devoted employee he was. BUT since I know him all too well, and I remember how many times he would REdirect my focus OFF of him and onto his bride,,, I want to tell you about who HE was with HER. Everyday, at some point or anther he would walk into my office and say “MOM, please pray for Deidre!” It could be because she was sick, or cause she was driving in the rain, because she was worried about her mom, or what have you; but the request was made NEARLY every day! He gloated over her, he bragged about her, he showed me pictures of her, and most of all he had the BIGGEST (ear to ear grins) over her. He was TRULY the happiest and most complete that I have ever seen him. So in honor of Jason (my elective and voluntary son) I honor YOU by honoring the love that you had for your wife. It lacked in length but NOT in DEPTH! You left this world at the peek of your game, FULL of love, happiness, laughter and faith! In THIS I can truly say; Thank you to my God and Father above, and thank you to His son Jesus Christ who makes our love pure and complete, and thank you to the Holy Spirit that teaches us and guides us daily in this walk of love! AMEN Brenda Culp
Posted on: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 01:42:45 +0000
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