A Tribute to Jamie Donna Eisenstat
Joshua's Only Sister
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| Jamie's radiant and beautiful personality! |
Jamie is my only daughter, and is beautiful and talented and compassionate! Jamie loved her big brother Joshua! Although he was pretty scary when she was very small, as she matured and gained greater understanding and compassion, Jamie became a wonderful advocate and friend for Joshua!
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| Joshua (age 6), Jeremy (age 4) and Jamie |
Jamie could make him laugh, and bring wonderful joy to his day! Jamie learned all of the self-help skills and even boasted that she could pick up Joshua better than I could!
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| Helping Joshua have fun at Zion National Park! |
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| Jamie loved to help! |
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| Joshua loved his wheelchair rides! |
Jamie helped with baths, with seizures, with eating, with playing, and with t-ball, just to mention a few. One particularly scary experience Jamie and I had was when we were playing with Joshua at the Pleasant Grove pool, in about 4 feet of water. Joshua had a grand mal seizure and it took both of us to hold on to him throughout the seizure in order for him not to go under the water. I was so thankful to have a daughter so strong, and so determined and so loving!
Some of our favorite memories were when Joshua rode a horse at Special Needs Mutual, and Jamie's strength and effort to help hold him on the horse as they walked around the arena. It took a lot to hold on to him!
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| Fun, sweet memories around 1010 North in Provo! |
Jamie also loved taking Joshua on his two-seater special bike all around the neighborhood. This was a special treat for both of them! (We are so sad that this bike was stolen about a year after Joshua passed away - it would have been a sweet and treasured bike to have the rest of our lives. Someday we still hope to get it back.)
Jamie wrote an incredible tribute to Joshua called "An Unlikely Hero". Here is the link to her beautiful words about Joshua:
http://joshuasheartfullofhugs.blogspot.com/2013/01/anunlikely-hero-by-jamie-eisenstat.html
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