In Memory of Joshua Wells
August 8, 1974 - August 20, 1998 | The Music you are listening to is copyright of Improbable People's Ministry and is used with their gracious permission. For lyrics and more information click here.
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We have decided to post this page hoping to reach the heart of another
addict and because we don't want to forget the sweet and wonderful person
he was. This beautiful young man died of an overdose of darvon
somewhere in the night of August 19, 1998. He left behind a mother,
father, fiancee', and two sisters who all loved him very much.
At 2:00 p.m. of August 19, Joshua left his fiancee' at her job, promising
to pick her up the next day at 2:00 since she had pulled a 24 hour shift
at the retirement home where she worked. She talked to him at 5:00
p.m. for one hour. They made plans for the following week and he
told her that he loved her and she replied was, "I love you more".
His response was "Uh-uh, not possible." She then had to go to help
with dinner. The conversation ended and this was the last that anyone
spoke to him.
Sometime in the evening, Joshua decided to take a great deal of darvon.
While he had abused drugs in high school, none of us had any idea that
he had returned to his problems. He was very intelligent and had
studied the effects of drugs and was adamant that he wouldn't even associate
with old friends because he did not want to be tempted. His knowledge
was not enough to prevent him from slipping however. So, he all alone
in his apartment, slipped into a coma and died.
Bridget, his fiancee', tried all night to reach him since they were
in the habit of spending many hours of conversation on the phone.
He never responded. When he had not returned to pick her up by 4:00,
Bridget called me, his mother, and together we drove to the apartment where
we found him cold and dead in his bed. There followed hours, days
and months of the most agonizing experience of our lives. Without
the love and support of our family, friends and, most of all, our heavenly
Father we would never have survived intact.
It is now 6 and 1/2 months later, and we want to tell others what
a waste it was to lose him this way. We also want to be sure that
he is remembered for the wonderful person he was not just for the way he
died.
Please look at some of his pictures and think before you take drugs
even one time.
Joshua and his sisters
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Joshua and Bridget
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how much we loved each other.
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Dad and Mom
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Bridget: "It has taken me 8 months to admit to myself what Josh
died of because I love him so much. Even now I find myself still
questioning the reason of his death. He hurt me to my soul and made
me question myself. It hurts so bad because I trusted him and he
let me down. That is a feeling I will probably never get over.
Josh was very intelligent, but I am here to tell you that people on drugs
do not even realize what they are doing because they are not in their right
mind. So before you do drugs, justs remember that DRUGS
KILL and you not only hurt yourself but everyone around you."
Forever young, forever in our hearts!
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