I hate that you were picked to suffer for 14 months just to lose your incredibly brave battle! Why did it happen to someone so loving, caring, touching? Why did it happen to someone who really touched people heart to the point where they really arnt whole without you! Even the people that just read about you in the papers arnt whole without you!
Your battle was in the public eye, your friends and family were fantastic, you were fanctastic. You made sure everyone was happy even though you had such a terrible desease. Joey man...you couldn't be more of a hero! an icon! 16 for gods sake!!! 8 days after his 16th birthday, 2 days before mothering sunday and you decide to take him! Im sorry but surely you have enough cherubs up there, you dont need another one!!!!
You should see what peoples done to your grave hun, its the only part of the area no one dares to vandalise, that itself is bloody amazing! I love you so much and im sorry i didnt spend enough time with you or get to know you properly. Im hoping to visit our old school soon to see if they've done your garden, look in mr Wilsons room and see how you're corner is, they to catch a peak of your reward. I promise with all my heart, when i get a job and am comfortable...im donating as much as i can afford on a regular basis to the charities you, your sister, friends and school have been trying to help. A hero closer to home, who can they have a hero in there home town huh Joe? People can say they have a hero but how many of them are true hero's like you? Im honoured to live in your area, to live near your street, to know your friends and family, to have gone to your school, to have spoken to you and had a laugh with you so many times...i love you x
I'm so sorry i just have to keep saying it to myself, i cant get over such a huge loss to so many people! how many scummy towns can say that they've pulled together in a time of need and raised aprox. £30,000 for leukaemia research and many other charities? This town has never been so effected by something and its all because of a 16 year old losing his battle with leukaemia. People who dont even know him miss him and pay there respects to him weekly, his grave is over flowing with flowers, cards and little things added that mean something to them! I didnt know him well, im 2 years older and we lost touch when i finished school but i still cry at night because of him leaving. and now another friend of mine has the same type of leukaemia, another cherub, not as innocent as you but she's had more then her fair share of crap, she's allowed to shell it out now and again. Just dont take this one, please dont take this one aswell...Joeys all anyone could ever need!!!
