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This memorial website was created in the memory of our loved one, Joshua Duff who was born in Maryland on March 05, 1986 and passed away on September 24, 2004 at the age of 18. We will remember him forever. Josh was truly a gift from God and now has gone home to heaven to be an angel.
On March 5th 1986 I thought I had recieved the most wonderful gift from God that any parent could get, a beautiful healthy baby boy. Joshua Tyler Duff 7lbs 3 oz 20 inches long born at 7:42 in the morning.
He was a happy baby and a happy child. He loved to be active and spending time at his grandparents farm. He liked being a little helper what ever someone was doing he wanted to be there and do his share.
Joshua and his Pop Pop loved to sit at the dinning room table and watch birds. They put up bird feeders in the yard outside of the window, and had got books so they could identify each bird as it came to eat. He also enjoyed time on the farm with his other grandparents helping them in there garden or playing in his tree house.
As a teenager he loved to fishing, riding a three wheeler, spending time in the woods, and go hunting. November of 2000 he shot his first deer, and eight point buck. He was so proud, as was his family. From then on he had gotten several other deer. He would even go out target practing. He loved the outdoors.
At the age of 14 he got his first job. He wanted to save for a car he realized that age sixteen was coming. When he turned 16 he got a ford thunderbird with a little help. It was green in color and very sporty, he was so proud to get that car.
At some point Josh became very depressed and had turned to drugs and alcohol. At age 16 he attempted suicide three times. The worst was December 18, 2002 he shot himself in the head. Luckly he did not die from this the only permanent damage was Josh became blind he has severed both optical nerves to his eyes.
Josh went through many trail and errors and had a very long road ahead of him. Both physically and mentally. He worked hard and was trying to learn things in a whole new light. With out having his eyesight he had to learn alot of new ways to do things.
Josh attended Maryland School for the Blind and was also recieving help with his emotional issues. In Sept. of 2004 josh became a full time resident student at MSB. He was thrilled.
On September 24, 2004 Josh was home sick from school, and that is when I learned that child is not a gift from God they a loaned to us. At any time we may have to return them weather we as thier parents are ready or not. That is the day Josh was returned to God and became an angel.
I as his mother had always asked him "Who's My Angel?" and he would reply "Me." Now Josh is truely my ANGEL!!!!!
When we lose our parents we are called orphans
If you lose your spouse you are a widow or widower
One of lifes biggest tragedies is losing your child
There is no name for this
What are we called now ?
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Remember Me
Remember me when the flowers bloom
early in the spring
Remember me on sunny days
In the fun that summer brings
Remember me in the fall
As you walk through the leaves of gold
And in the wintertime remember me
In the stories that are told
But most of all remember
Each day right from the start
I will be forever near
For I live within your heart
Judith Karen Light
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Please light a candle or pay tribute to Josh thru this site he
will never be forgotten
A Child Loaned
"I'll lend you for a little time
A child of Mine" He said.
"For you to love the while he lives
and mourn for when he's dead.
It may be six or seven year
Or twenty-two or three
But will you, till I call him back
Take care of him for Me?
He'll bring his charms to gladden you
And should his stay be brief,
You'll have his lovely memories
As solace for you grief.
I cannot promise he will stay
Since all from EArth return,
But ther are lessons tought down there
I want the child to learn.
I've looked this wide world over
In my search for teachers true
And from the throngs that crowd life's lanes,
I have selected you;
Now will you give him all your love,
Nor think the labour vain
Nor hate Me whin I come to call
And take him back again?
I fancied that I heard them say,
"Dear Lord, They will be done.
For all the joy Thy child shall bring,
For the risk of grief we'll run.
We'll shelter him with tenderness,
We'll love him while we may,
And for the happiness we've known,
Forever grateful stay.
But should the angels call for him
Much sooner than we planned,
We'll brave the bitter grief that comes
And try to understand."
Author Unknown
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