Oh Jess. My heart aches for you and your boys, your family. I just found out yesterday, I’m sorry for not checking in with you sooner! You were such a wonderful, amazing, strong woman and mother. From the time you were pregnant with A, you made decisions and choices many young women can’t and you championed your situation without a second thought. You’ve raised those boys to be kind, brave, smart, and instilled in them that marching to the beat of your own drum is magical. I’m so very sad that they’ve lost you so soon. I know we were just friends from the internet but we watched each other’s kids grow up (and we’ve grown up too being such young mothers) for 15 years now and I’m so very grateful and thankful to have known you. You were such a genuinely kind, down to earth, hard-working woman. I just wish I had reached out more. I hope your memory is a blessing to your boys and family always and that you are finally free from your troubles. It hurts to know that you felt that finality was your own means of escaping your hurt but I know that in a moment, one can feel so trapped and so encumbered that relief has only one path. I’m sorry that that degree of pain existed for you. You certainly didn’t ever, ever deserve to wrestle with such a difficult state of mental anguish. To Jess’ family-I wish you all strength. These trials are rarely ever fair or right, they don’t make sense, they’re undeserved, and they aren’t in anyone’s plan. It is an aching pain always, undeserved and difficult to hold. I hope all of you are taking care of yourselves, giving yourselves grace and room to hurt and feel but also leaning on others to keep going. It is hard for me to imagine the degree of loss experienced thus far in regard to child loss. I am truly sorry. I want yall to know that Jess and I met online when our first babies were newborns (maybe before, I can’t remember) and have remained long distance friends ever since, enjoying watching our 2009 babies turn into young adults. Though we didn’t speak one on one as much as I wished we had, we still kept in contact and checked in from time to time. She was a good friend and a wonderful mother and I take solace in the fact that anyone who knows Jess knows this about her. I hope I haven’t upset anyone with my comment or overstepped, I’m just so very sad having only just found out and I think Jess would want a respectful degree of honesty present when speaking about her hard fought battles and how debilitating things can be inside one’s head. She was brave and open, honest, and always ready to speak her mind and speak the truth. Please accept my condolences and the love I’m sending to all of you. I hope to be able to continue watching the boys grow from afar (south Louisiana) and I know that all of the love and greatness that Jess instilled in them will carry them far and stay with them forever. With love, Ali Hainkel, Jess’ old LiveJournal friend of nearly 16 years.

A beautiful soul gone way too soon. Always so giving. Always so loving. Always thinking of others and the animals. You will be sorely missed by many.

Trying to pick just one picture of us was hard. We did so many things together. There was a lot of laughter, smiles, and fun. Thank you for always being there for me and the kids. We love you Jess.

I didn’t know this beautiful women but I grew up with her parents. My heart breaks for them. Remember, she is not gone she just changed her address, You will see her again ! Praying for your family, Jill Hobson Campbell

If only we could’ve kept you laughing. 💔

These are the nights and the people who really make an impact on our lives. Sometimes we’re lucky enough to know in the moment like we did this night. Teach the angels how to Charlie Brown for me? <3

Jessica and Melissa

Prayers to you and the boys. May she be at peace.