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Dustin and Friends Slideshow
Rawls Family,
You don't know me because I am sure that Dustin took my secret failures with him when
he left, but I wanted you to know what he did for me. Dustin saved my life a few years ago. I would not be here
but for him...if he had not been there that night with me in my hours of pure hellish darkness. I wish I could explain
to you where I was that night but it is beyond words. I wish he could see where I am in my life and what he gave
me the chance to become...My life is amazing because of him. You already know that he was great. There should be more
people like him but we both know that there never will be. I am sorry for you and your family to have lost something
so precious. I want you to know that since that day I have loved him from the bottom of my heart and would have done anything
for him..he had only to ask. I have talk to him 7 times since that night and in all these years the only thing
he ever wanted from me was for me to live....so that is what I did. I am married now and am truly happy and
I hope he is happy with what he sees from Heaven. I know that with my past as ugly as it is I could never hope
to end up where Dustin is but I can always hope that God will let me see him in passing..that would be enough for
me. I did not send this to you to glorify myself and actually I would rather stay anonymous...I only wanted you to know
how he changed my life or actually how he gave me my life back. I love him and my heart is broken but somehow i know
that he would not want me to dwell on his death but to keep living a good life in honor of him and i will do just that...My son's
middle name will be Dustin for the man who gave him this chance to live..to love... I hope that somewhere
in my life I can help some one else the way Dustin helped me. I will aspire to be more like him. Please if you could
tell me where he is buried i would like to go there to be with him one last time to say good-bye.
With All The Sorrow
P.S. I thought you might like to know that our birthdays are only a few days apart and
on my 16th birthday he came when no one else did and we exchanged presents and it didn't even matter to me that no one else
wanted to come....he was the light guiding this broken heart. I will always feel a little lost without him.
I want you to read the poem i wrote shortly after that day. I had it published and framed
a copy of it and it now hangs on a wall in my hallway.
Some Body's Angel
Today I found an angel
She taught me how to live
In just one day I learned to love someone
She was a child unlike any other
Someone else's little angel
My borrowed angel
Alone she play with the Lord
A golden ring of joy
She laughed a happy laugh
I couldn't understand
Someone who had so little
Could be this happy
I asked her how this was
She looked at me with pain
In her eyes i saw the answer
Love, Life, Hope, Faith, the Lord
This was her secret
Just then I heard a voice
I've given you my light
And I will be asking for it back soon
So take this gift from me to you
and cherish your life
I closed my eyes and prayed
That God would show me
How to use this precious gift
To better my own life
The little angel smiled
She took my hand and said
The answer is in your heart and
In your loved ones
She told me she had to go now
Family is home
Home is truly where the heart is
To me she said these words
Until right then I never understood
All I can say is thank God
I found that little angel
Whomever she belonged to.
Today I found an Angel
Somebody else's Little Angel
My borrowed angel
Amen-----09/12/1999
As Dustin lights the heavens with his light of love and life, this torch I have in his memory will stay lit in my heart.
I love you and miss you! Uncle Hungry
When Tomorrow Starts Without Me!
When Tomorrow Starts Without Me
When tomorrow starts without me,
And I'm not there to see,
If the sun
should rise and find your eyes
All filled with tears for me;
I wish so much you wouldn't cry
The way you did
today,
While thinking of the many things,
We didn't get to say.
I know how much you love me,
As much as I
love you,
And each time that you think of me,
I know you'll miss me too;
But when tomorrow starts without me,
Please
try to understand,
That an angel came and called my name,
And took me by the hand,
And said my place was ready,
In
heaven far above,
And that I'd have to leave behind
All those I dearly love.
But as I turned to walk away,
A
tear fell from my eye
For all my life, I'd always thought,
I didn't want to die.
I had so much to live for,
So
much left yet to do,
It almost seemed impossible
That I was leaving you.
I thought of all the yesterdays,
The
good ones and the bad,
I thought of all the love we shared,
And all the fun we had.
If I could relive yesterday,
Just
even for a while,
I'd say good-bye and kiss you
And maybe see you smile.
But then I fully realized,
That this
could never be,
For emptiness and memories,
Would take the place of me.
And when I thought of worldly things,
I
might miss come tomorrow,
I thought of you, and when I did,
My heart was filled with sorrow.
But when I walked
through heaven's gates,
I felt so much at home.
When God looked down and smiled at me,
From His great golden throne,
He
said, "This is eternity,
And all I've promised you.
Today your life on earth is past,
But here life starts anew.
I
promise no tomorrow,
But today will always last,
And since each day's the same way
There's no longing for the past.
You
have been so faithful,
So trusting and so true.
Though there were times you did some things
You knew you shouldn't
do.
But you have been forgiven
And now at last you're free.
So won't you come and take my hand
And share my
life with me?"
So when tomorrow starts without me,
Don't think we're far apart,
For every time you think of me,
I'm
right here, in your heart.
SAFELY HOME
I am home in Heaven, dear ones;
Oh, so happy and so bright!
There
is perfect joy and beauty
In this everlasting light.
All the pain and grief is over,
Every restless tossing
passed;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in Heaven at last.
Did you wonder I so calmly
Trod the
valley of the shade?
Oh! but Jesus' love illumined
Every dark and fearful glade.
And He came Himself to meet
me
In that way so hard to tread;
And with Jesus' arm to lean on,
Could I have one doubt or dread?
Then
you must not grieve so sorely,
For I love you dearly still;
Try to look beyond earth's shadows,
Pray to trust
our Father's Will.
There is work still waiting for you,
So you must not idly stand;
Do it now, while life
remaineth-
You shall rest in Jesus' land.
When that work is all completed,
He will gently call you Home;
Oh, the rapture of that meeting,
Oh, the joy to see you come!
Kathy George
Bishop's Office Needs
You Raise Me Up
Josh Groban
s
When I am down and oh, my soul's so weary.
When troubles come and my heart burdened
be.
Then I am still and wait here in the silence
until you come and sit a while with me.
You raise me up so I
can stand on mountains.
You raise me up to walk on stormy seas.
I am strong when I am on your shoulders.
You raise
me up to more than I can be.
There is no life, no life without its hunger.
Each restless heart beats so imperfectly.
But
when you come and I am filled with wonder,
sometimes I think I glimpse eternity.
You raise me up
so I can stand on mountains.
You raise me up to walk on stormy seas.
I am strong when I am on your shoulders.
You
raise me up to more than I can be...
You raise
me up - to - more - than - I - can - be.
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