| Location | Manchester |
| Age | 2 years |
| Cause of Death | Brain Haemorrage |
| Date of Birth | 11/08/2006 |
| Date of Death | 05/09/2008 |
| Visitors | 4,971 since 17/10/2008 |
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'A million times I will miss you, a million times I will cry. If love alone could have saved you,
you never would have died'
From the minute he was born on 11th August 2006 Jake was the light of our lives. Such a happy,
friendly, loving little boy who made everybody smile. He was my best friend. I know we will never
get over losing him. The world seems so quiet without him. We only had him for 2 wonderful years
but he changed our lives for the better in that short time. He was so clever and his loss is just
so wrong.
Jake loved Thomas The Tank Engine. He got a huge track for his birthday and he would sit for ages
watching the trains go round and round, crashing them into each other. He loved Noddy & Fifi and In
The Night Garden and the little ipod things that came with Happy Meals. He loved his baby brother
Charlie to bits and was so proud of him.
Jake died suddenly at home in bed with his Daddy who had gone to bed with him to keep an eye on him
while I slept with our baby Charlie in our bedroom. The day before he had been running round at
Tumbletots having the time of his life but started being sick in the car on the way home. I took
him to the doctors who checked his throat and said he had a sore throat and gave me a prescription
for antibiotics. He carried on being sick through the night and at 5am Jake's Daddy woke to find
him not breathing. We tried to bring him back but it was too late. We discovered 3 days later
(after a post mortem) he had a large brain tumour (a cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma) which was
never diagnosed and it had started to bleed and caused massive pressure in his head. Jake had been
undergoing tests because he had been holding his head to one side and would stumble quite a lot but
was only showing some of the symptoms of a brain tumour and so was never sent for an MRI. Jake's
case was later referred to a neurologist who confirmed that he should have been sent for an MRI as a
'semi urgent' case and the doctors have said the appointment would probably have taken 3 weeks to
come through so it would have been too late anyway. A complete and utter waste of a precious young
life. Every day we ask why him he was just so perfect. The inquest into Jake's death took place in
June 2009. A verdict of natural causes was recorded. They said that it is incredibly rare for a
brain tumour to bleed and that is what led to his death. They said there was nothing that anyone
could have done to prevent it.
Jake took his Iggle Piggle, his Thomas, his Saur (dinosaur) and a doo (dummy), some jelly cherries
which he loved and some letters and pictures with him to heaven.
Jake, our little man - we love you so so much and we always will. You were the best son, big
brother, grandson, nephew and best friend we could have ever wished for.
Always in our thoughts, forever in our hearts.
Mummy, Daddy & Charlie and all the family xx
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Please don't tell me you know how I feel
Unless you have lost your child too
Please don't tell me my broken heart will heal
Because that is just not true
Please don't tell me my son is in a better place
I want him here with me
Please don't tell me someday I'll hear his voice, see his face
Beyond today I cannot see
Please don't tell me it is time to move on
Because I cannot
Please don't tell me to face the fact he is gone
Because denial is something I can't stop
Please don't tell me to be thankful for the time I had
Because I wanted more
Please don't tell me when I am my old self you will be glad
I will never be as I was before
What you can tell me is you will be here for me
That you will listen when I talk about Jake
You can share with me my precious memories
You can even cry with me for a while
And please don't hesitate to say his name
Because it is something I long to hear everyday
Please realise that I can never be the same
But if you stand by me
You may like the new person I will become someday
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Now we know just where you are
Keep on shining through the night
Until the darkness turns to light
When the night falls there you'll be
Shining bright for all to see
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I'm going to tell you something
I hope you'll never have to know.
I'll tell you how a heart can break
And tears can constant flow.
I lost my baby boy you see,
An angel in my eyes
God chose to take his hand one day
And led him to the skies.
But please do not forget my child
He was a person too
And forever he will live
Inside of me and you.
So, please don't ever tell me
That time will heal my pain
Because not even time
Can bring him back again.
Just tell me he is happy
In that land way up above
He's snuggled in an angels wings
All wrapped in Mummy's love.
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They say memories are golden
well maybe that is true.
I never wanted memories,
I only wanted you.
A million times I will miss you,
a million times I will cry.
If love alone could have saved you,
you never would have died.
In life I loved you dearly,
in death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a place
no-one could ever fill.
It broke my heart to lose you,
but you did not go alone.
For part of me went with you,
the day God called you home.
Your precious memory is my keepsake,
with which I'll never part.
God has you safe in His keeping,
but I'll have you forever in my heart.
If tears could build a stairway,
and heartache make a lane,
I'd walk the path to heaven
and bring you back again.
Our family chain is broken,
and nothing seems the same.
But as God calls us one by one,
the chain will link again.
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Jake's Daddy has designed a website in memory of Jake the address is www.jakekershaw.co.uk please
have a look.
Thankyou to everybody who has left a tribute or lit a candle for Jake ^i^ it really does mean a lot.
What kind of place would heaven be with all its streets of gold, if all the souls, that dwell up there like yours and mine, were old? How strange would heaven’s music sound when harps begin to ring, if children were not gathered ‘round to help the angels sing. The children that God sends to us are only just a loan, He knows we need their sunshine to make the house a home. We need the inspiration of a baby’s blessed smile. He doesn’t say they’ve come to stay, just lends them for a while. Sometimes it takes them years to do the work for which they come. Sometimes in just a month or two our Father calls them home. I like to think some souls up there bear not one sinful scar. I love to think of heaven as a place where children are.
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Little Angel - by Unknown Author
God sent an Angel to the Earth...
The sweetest Angel too
And for such a tiny little thing,
He had so much to do.
He knew he did not have
Much time upon this earth to stay,
So he did not waste a second;
He got started right away.
His eyes were bright and sparkly,
He took in every turn.
He did not miss a single thing,
Because Angel came to learn!
God sent him here to touch the
Hearts of those he could not reach...
He taught them courage, strength and faith,
Because Angel came to teach.
His tiny little body
Was so full of God above,
You felt it when you held him,
Because Jake came to love.
In a few short years he managed
What many never will.
When he went home to Jesus,
His purpose was fulfilled.
He learned and taught, loved and played,
He learned his lessons well.
I know he was so proud of him
When he went home to dwell.
But when I miss him OH-SO-MUCH,
I can almost hear God say,
Please understand, his work was done...
Jake did not come to stay.
Miss you loads
Hello gorgeous boy
Had a lovely day with Charlie today, but being with him just reminds me of how much I miss you and how I will never get used to you not being here.
Charlie kept blowing kisses to someone I couldn't see.....hope it was you paying us a visit!
Love you to the stars & back
Auntie P xxxx
Quietly I weep
Although I seem to hide it
My sorrow's still so deep
Missing you in silence
Quietly I weep
I long to see your smile
Hear your laughter, hug you tight
But you're no longer with me
You've headed toward the light
I'm sure you are quite happy
Here on earth I miss you so
Asking that same question
Why was it you that had to go?
I am sure there is an answer...
One that might make sense
When others offer reasons
I'm just on the defense
If they could understand me
Know how hard life is with grief
Just hold my hand and listen...
That would be a great relief
Although I seem to hide it
My sorrow's still so deep
Missing you in silence...
Quietly I weep
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XXXX Happy Angelday Sweetheart XXXX
Special Angel Day - by Carmelle Gross
Jake
We do not need a special day
To bring you to our minds.
The days we do not think of you
Are very hard to find.
Each morning when we awake
We know that you are gone.
And no one knows the heartache
As we try to carry on.
Our hearts still ache with sadness
And secret tears still flow.
What it meant to lose you
No one will ever know.
Our thoughts are always with you,
Your place no one can fill.
In life we loved you dearly;
In death we love you still.
There will always be a heartache,
And often a silent tear.
But always a precious memory
Of the days when you were here.
If tears would make a staircase,
And heartaches make a lane,
We'd walk the path to heaven
And bring you home again.
We hold you close within our hearts;
And there you will remain,
To walk with us throughout our lives
Until we meet again.
Our family chain is broken now,
And nothing seems the same,
But as God calls us one by one,
The chain will link again.
Happy Angel Day Sweetheart
Hi Jake,
I've been away all summer and just got back on line tonight for the first time in 6 weeks when I saw your gorgeous face and realised it was your Angel Day. I'm sorry I missed your birthday. I was away for Ciara and Alex's birthdays too. Hope you all had a lovely time up there. I'm sure you did.
Give Mummy and Daddy a special kiss tonight as Angel Days are so hard for us down here.
Hugs and Kisses XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Feelings by Joy Curnett
I feel like I've just existed
And now it's been a year
I don't know how I've lived and breathed
Without you being here.
I know you lived your lifetime
As short as that seems to me,
But the pain in my heart is still so great,
Yet I know your spirit is free.
At times I think I hear you
The thoughts come to my mind.
I struggle for the sound of your voice,
But your voice I cannot find.
Yet you come to me in many ways
So I know you did not die,
You want to tell me that you' re close,
And to please stop asking why?
Our lives on earth seem all too brief,
Or brief as it seems to me.
But where you are is forever,
GOD calls that Eternity !
(By Joy Curnutt, In Memory of Jason 11/26/74 - 4/11/99)
♥ .•**•.. ♥.Your Memory Will Embrace Our Hearts.♥.•**•.♥.
You had a big inpact on our life
And left a big hole when you died
Residing in Heaven above
With our dear Lord as your guide
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Your heavens beautiful angel
We know happy you must be
In the arms of the angels
All the beauty for you to see
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We wont be apart forever
Just you wait and see
One day we climb those heavenly stairs
And reunited forever we will be
Written by Jayne Roddy
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♥..◄███▓▒░░ SLEEP WELL ANGEL ░░▒▓███►..♥
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