On January 17, 2004, we lost a very good friend in Jamie Levine. She will be forever missed and we set up this page as a tribute to the times we remember spending with her. If you knew Jamie, please feel free to leave a comment below. If you have any pictures you'd like to share, please feel free to post links to view them or CONTACT US for info on the gallery. If you'd like to donate to a charity in Jamie's name, please check out I remember how much love and pride was in Jamie as she talked about you Dori. She was so full of love, and so special. I hope that on Mother's Day, of all days, that even though you can no longer feel her arms around you with one of her famous, warm hugs, that you feel the warmth of her love around you. I know she is smiling down on you, so thankful and happy that you were her mom. I am thankful everyday that I was able to have such a special person in my life. How I long to hear your voice and see your smile that lights up a room. And so I read your cards again and again the feel your love. I will get hugs from your big brother on Mothers day. Emily Dickinson wrote- Unable are the loved to die For love is immortality. The wind is blowing hard here and it is cold again. We got a call from Hanbleceya and David is back in the hospital. He needs your prayers. I wrote this email to Robin recently ... I may have told you this before, I am getting old and have never stretched my neck in almost 56 years. Any way our license plate says WEE-JAX and has a hand on it. Lately people have been asking me what does it mean. Which is nice cause it gives me a chance to talk about David and Jamie. Remember the movie BIG-Tom Hanks well David and Jamie like to do that hand shake and say Wee-Jax at the end, like the friends did in the movie, also David gave Jamie a silver band ring that says Wee-Jax Love Bro for her 18th birthday. Do you remember any of this? We had a grand time in Vegas with Grandma she can run circles around me any day. I just wish her dog Sammy would stop trying to hump me. Like Jamie use to say, you have to watch for it with Grandma Schwartz. The painting looks beautiful, she has a light on it. I want her arms around me so much. Jamie hugs were the best. Hope all is well with you guys. You know Willie Nelson will be at Murphys Ironside Winery on Sept. 5th. Love You Dori ........ This is Robins Reply ... Ha! I've been saying wee-jax to Zvonimir and he thinks I'm psycho for saying it. I told him all I know is it was something Jamie used to say so I copied her (as always). Now he says it. I have to tell him what it's from now!! :):) In honor of Jamie, wonderful friend and daughter.-One of the world's most amazing miracles is how far our true friends will go to give us the gifts we really need. And as only our truest friends could, they often give, without being asked, the thing we most need but could never ask for. Oh, have been listening to the Graceland CD, we all use to sing it in the car on the road trips. Love to you all. Dori Anyone who has the Paul Simon Graceland cd should listen to it and imagine Jamie and I making up words to the actual words we couldn't understand - her actually in tune and me somewhere else. She let me have the lead though, and was my backup singer and then switched as soon as I lost track of what I was supposed to be singing and sang whatever parts I liked the best. Best backup singer you could ever hope for. Thank you Grant, you are a dear and thoughtful friend . It seems we miss Jamie more each day. I was shopping today in Reno and I could hear her calming me down as I started to get upset. She told me I'll be OK. On the way home I listened to Call and Answer and thought of great times. You keep up the good work Grant, make em laugh, and come back to Reno soon. Love Dori Hi All. Just dropping in to say I hope everone's doing well. I wanted you to know I've revamped the main Throwing Toasters website, which meant a moving of the link to this page. But it's still there. Just in a different place. Just look for Jamie's name or just go straight to this page. It'll always me here. :) I was with you all day on your birthday sweet Jamie. We were in San Diego visiting David. He is having such a difficult time, but he is trying with all that is in him. We all miss you so. I wrote a few lines trying to express the way I felt on your Birthday: Your Day Again I remember when, You arrived on earth You explored this world You celebrated it all You returned your gifts ... and left us with Sweet memories. Such memories. Your Day Again Gone Home Surrounded By Love By The Great Unknowables God's Goodness Mercy Peace Happy Birthday Dearest Daughter We Remain Enveloped By Love By Hearts' Knowables Your Kindness Beauty Laughter Grace Gifts You left behind So that we may face Our time. Our place. Your Day Again I remember you telling me that Easter was your favorite holiday for decorations. Cute bunnies and chicks and all the possibilities of new life, all remind me of you at spring and Easter time. Happy Birthday and Easter sweet Jamie. You gave so much to our lives and we continue to feel your love and sweet smile around us. It's St. Patty's day, and that makes me think of you in Ireland I looked at the amazing photos of you and Jodi in St. Patricks Cathedral and on the River Liffey. Like you said-what a view.Life was an adventure on the Causeway and County Sligo and the Dublin Castle. I am so thankful you made these wonderful scarp books. We are going to visit your big brother David on the 22 23 and 24. I am looking forward to one of his big hugs. This year Easter will be on your birthday. I miss you my sweet angel. Love and hugs and kisses always MOM Hi Lori, nice to hear from you. It always warms my heart to know Jamie's friends are thinking about her. I recall the fun times you had together I remember lots of laughter. And you three were so young, I think you all had braces. We are blessed to have so many good times to reflect on. Not everyone has so much love. I hope you and your family are well. Hi Dori how are you? I just recently got in touch with Danica and we were talking about how sad it was that we couldnt get in touch with Jamie. Just wanted to say hi and let you know I still think about both of u often! Hope all is well! The sun is out-the sky is blue-it's beautiful and so are you. You are always with me. Love Mom Most times I am overwhelmed when the realization hits that I cannot see Jamie anymore. Sometimes, when I feel that way, I turn to this site and hope to feel Jamie's presence. I don't know who came up with the notion about time being some sort of healer. Nobody who has expressed their feelings on this tribute has stated that. You all know Jamie well enough to know that generality can not apply. Time, afterall, is just time, and does not seem to possess any special properties except that it passes and provides perspective. The moment, however, is something alltogether different than time. We can relive our moments - good and terrible alike. Moments are specific and connect our lives and recollections of precious shared times with Jamie and maintain a connection to the best part of my life. Sharing those moments most days with my sweet Dori connects Jamie to us both in a real and special spirit of love. As they always have and always will. Love to all. If there is one thing grievers know, it is how changeable our moods can be.One moment we are relatively calm, in control, keeping our grief at bay. The next moment we are overwhelmed, our equilibrium shattered. Anything can send us off-a fragrance, the words of a song, that reminds us of our loss. I just listened to Call and Answer. This was written on a card Laura Valle sent us.* There are some who bring a light So great to the world that even after they have Gone, the light remains.* You are always with us Jamie! Love Dad and Mom My sweet Jamie, I am thinking of you on this cold and snowy winters day. I can see you standing in the snow. You are always with me. Thank you for all the love and warmth you gave me, I still feel it. Love and Hugs Always Your MOM Happy Birthday to the most incredibly talented artist. Our dear warm generous loving friend (you know who we are talking about) ROBIN. The future Mrs. Sulic. We hope you have the happiest day on earth! We love you lots! I packed up my things in Los Angeles this week to move back north with my family. It has been a long time coming, but many of my family members are quickly disappearing. I needed to be home with my family. It was a hard decision, but I knew it was the right one. I thought of you Jamie as I slowly packed my things and looked at all the college memories and pictures. If I hadn't been your RA that year in PBuilding, I never would have met such an outstanding, beautiful, talented, and sweet young lady. I know we drifted apart after I moved out of the dorms, but I never forget those cherished moments in the dorms. It brings me warm thoughts as I look at those pictures and see that beautiful smile. It was always fun to run into you at Grant's shows and catch up on all the new events in your life. When I go, I still expect to see you there even though I know that you won't be. I miss you Jamie and pray that you are at peace and watching over your family. "It is dark now. The snow is deep blue and the ocean nearly black. It is time for some music." May Sarton... This fourth milestone, which has an aura of sadness, because it begins another year without my beloved Jamie, has also great possibilities of hope, joy, love, light, laughter and moments shared with friends and family. I rest today. I rest on my memories with Jamie. They bring me a certain ability to survive instead of succumb. My memories of Jamie support my faith. The last time Jamie and I hiked to Frazier Falls, we were alone. It was a beautiful day in the Sierras, and we had one of those most special experiences: talking about anything that came to mind, being in the moment and in the future at the same time. I can picture Jamie clearly silhouetted against the cascading water and feeling so much peace at the time. An all to short span of time that never leaves me alone. I have not been back there since. It is my intention to return there this year. It was good to hear from Erika, and her life with Dan is going so well. Julie and Jodi are planning to travel and continue to have adventures. Dori and I are looking forward to Robin and Z's wedding this fall. We will finally get to meet Piper (and Z :-) ... Christy, Greg and Grant are dear friends, and are always thoughtful because they love Jamie and miss her so much. Rich and Stef and loved Jamie and keep that love alive with us. It is so good to share in all of your lives. Thank you. This day cannot drift into the next without my expressing the deepest sadness I feel for Alice and Ted Price, and Wayne's sister Charlene. I know that it is so difficult for them, but I want it to be known that they have been inspirational to Dori and I, and are such kind people, I hurt for them often. I feel so connected to all the other families that lost loved ones on this day, and to the group of friends who were lost, but we came to know when we spent time with their families while in Canada. I also want to remember here the officials who performed the dangerous and difficult work locating and bringing our loved ones home to us. They are people that will always have a place of the highest esteem in my heart. I love you all, and look forward to this year with some new-found spark of excitement and hope that comes from having friends like you, a son like David, and my most wonderful wife, Dori, to share special moments of time together. Love to all and may God bless. On Jan. 13th, 2004 Julie Woods took a group of her friends to the Pantages Theatre to see Chicago the musical. Julie is so sweet to treat her friends to something fun on her birthday. On Jan. 13th 2004 was the last time some of you saw Jamie and Wayne. Then on the next day they went Whale watching at Dana Point. I read something in my grief book- Keep the door to her life open- Though the loved one has died, the memory, the sense of the person's presence, has not-nor the possibility, after a while, of taking continuing joy not only in the reminiscences from the past, but in the extension of the person's spirit into our ongoing lives.-I feel Jamie around me an though I can not see her, I talk to her. I love David and Jamie so much, they are the sunshine of my life. I have been thinking of Wayne's parents Ted and Alice Price, they are loving caring and thoughtful people, Wayne had the best of both of them. Jamie had told me Wayne was the kindest man she ever knew. Even with the heartache and broken dreams in this world, love and care are still alive. God's song of hope will again find it's way into our hearts, and we will dance. Four years ago today Jamie went to Church on 3rd St. and had lunch with Rich and Stef. She was blessed with strong true friendships. I hear her tell me to keep walking. I feel blessed to have the bond I have with you Christy. We pray each day for David to get stronger at Hanbleceya in San Diego.My sweet Jamie I dream of you often. The days the four of us spent together are warm memories. The day we found the laughing horse. We have it on video so we can still hear you laughing with the horse. And I can wrap myself in a warm blanket made from your t-shirts. I love you, I hope you get dragonfly kisses and polar bear hugs in heaven. I was thinking of Jamie today. I know her love surrounds David and I hope he feels her warmth and concern. My love to you, Dori and David and sweet Jamie always. May memories of her warm you always especially on the darkest of days. Leaving San Diego after visiting David. He has a very big decision to make, and I pray that he chooses to seek all the help that is available to him. We have met many kind, loving and compassionate people over the last month. All of whom have connected with David in some way. I have seen traces of Jamie-like love and concern. This warmed my heart and reconfirmed the basic goodness that resides in most people. Jamie just had a natural way of demonstrating it. Her ways just simply rubbed off on whomever she was around because she was truly WITH you if she was near you. David needs your thoughts and prayers today. We are flying back to the northern California blizzards in a couple of hours. Going to miss the San Diego weather, greenery and blooming flowers. Love To All and may you all have a wonderful new year. Next page >> |
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