The Hope and Faith Garrett Tribute Fund
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As many of you have heard, in the early morning hours of Friday, August 16th, 2019, our small community was struck with tragedy when a house fire took the lives of two beautiful little girls. Hope Selena Rose Garrett, 6 years old and Faith Anne Marie Noelle Garrett, 5 years old. Hope and Faith were the daughters of James "JJ" Garrett and the granddaughters of Gerald and Sandra Garrett. I know so many of you have reached out asking what you can do to help. We ask that you consider contributing to help relieve the financial stress brought on by this unexpected tragedy. From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you for your prayers and all of your love and support.
*All contributions made will go directly to James "JJ" Garrett.*
Here are a few words from their loving father:
"These are my 2 beautiful gems. They were a constant ray of light in my life and I was beyond blessed to be their father. I cannot tell you how much pain I feel for what they had to endure. I feel robbed, and the light they once brought into my life has been greatly dimmed and its though I have been immersed into darkness.
My daughter Hope was extremely beautiful, smart, extremely loving and passionate. She absolutely loved to color as well as draw. She loved to see the beauty in things and she loved her sister very much.
Faith my youngest, could light up a room with her smile and her especially outgoing personality. She could talk and would talk to anyone. She absolutely loved life and everyone it. She was definitely daddies girl. She absolutely loved to sing, and would always sing along with me in the car or wherever we were listening to music. The song didn't matter. It didn't even matter if she knew the words. She would sing words that absolutely made no sense. I loved her for that. Usually she got louder and louder until you couldn't hear the song anymore. I would have to tell her to quiet down a bit so we could still sing with it. She would try to hear the words I was singing and match them.
There are so many special things about the both of them. I will miss their smiling faces in the mornings when we wake up. I will miss hearing them constantly telling me they love me. I will miss walking my daughter to the bathroom or the kitchen to get a drink of water in the middle of the night because its too dark for her. I will miss holding them in my arms and telling them how much I truly loved them. I will miss our nightly tuck-in to bed ritual where we would give butterfly kisses with our eyelashes on both eyes. Rub our noses together, as well as our chins and even rubbing our ears together. We had names for all of it. If I ever forgot something Faith would always make sure I was reminded.
Dad you forgot the chinnigans (rubbing our chins together). Even if I didn't forget anything Faith would always call me back for extra love as I was turning off their light. I always went back to her. Hope was more reserved, but she loved helping her sister, even if Faith wasn't the most appreciative of it sometimes. Words cannot describe how beautiful my children are, and were to me. There is absolutely nothing on this Earth that matched the love I have for them. They were both shining lights in a dark world. This world is a much darker place without them. My heart just breaks over and over again at the thought of them not being with me anymore. I will never again feel the warmth of their embraces. I am lost and broken without them. I just want everyone to know, the absolutely 100% unconditional love, I had for both of my daughters. My heart pours over, with despair and sadness and life is unimaginable without them. I will try to go on, but right now there is no color to what should be a colorful life.
Hope and Faith, daddy loves you so much and I will miss you with every beat of my heart until the day I rejoin you both. You will forevermore and always be on my mind. I already miss you both sooo much. I will never love anyone or anything as much as I love you both. Go to your next life and live happily forever. Eternal bliss is what awaits you both and you both deserve nothing less. I know this kind of started out as me just talking and it kind of turned into a letter to you both. I wish I could have been there to save you and I always told you I would never let anything hurt you and for that I am sorry. Rest in piece my beautiful babies. Oh my god, how I love you and miss you so, so, so, so, much!!!"
*All contributions made will go directly to James "JJ" Garrett.*
Here are a few words from their loving father:
"These are my 2 beautiful gems. They were a constant ray of light in my life and I was beyond blessed to be their father. I cannot tell you how much pain I feel for what they had to endure. I feel robbed, and the light they once brought into my life has been greatly dimmed and its though I have been immersed into darkness.
My daughter Hope was extremely beautiful, smart, extremely loving and passionate. She absolutely loved to color as well as draw. She loved to see the beauty in things and she loved her sister very much.
Faith my youngest, could light up a room with her smile and her especially outgoing personality. She could talk and would talk to anyone. She absolutely loved life and everyone it. She was definitely daddies girl. She absolutely loved to sing, and would always sing along with me in the car or wherever we were listening to music. The song didn't matter. It didn't even matter if she knew the words. She would sing words that absolutely made no sense. I loved her for that. Usually she got louder and louder until you couldn't hear the song anymore. I would have to tell her to quiet down a bit so we could still sing with it. She would try to hear the words I was singing and match them.
There are so many special things about the both of them. I will miss their smiling faces in the mornings when we wake up. I will miss hearing them constantly telling me they love me. I will miss walking my daughter to the bathroom or the kitchen to get a drink of water in the middle of the night because its too dark for her. I will miss holding them in my arms and telling them how much I truly loved them. I will miss our nightly tuck-in to bed ritual where we would give butterfly kisses with our eyelashes on both eyes. Rub our noses together, as well as our chins and even rubbing our ears together. We had names for all of it. If I ever forgot something Faith would always make sure I was reminded.
Dad you forgot the chinnigans (rubbing our chins together). Even if I didn't forget anything Faith would always call me back for extra love as I was turning off their light. I always went back to her. Hope was more reserved, but she loved helping her sister, even if Faith wasn't the most appreciative of it sometimes. Words cannot describe how beautiful my children are, and were to me. There is absolutely nothing on this Earth that matched the love I have for them. They were both shining lights in a dark world. This world is a much darker place without them. My heart just breaks over and over again at the thought of them not being with me anymore. I will never again feel the warmth of their embraces. I am lost and broken without them. I just want everyone to know, the absolutely 100% unconditional love, I had for both of my daughters. My heart pours over, with despair and sadness and life is unimaginable without them. I will try to go on, but right now there is no color to what should be a colorful life.
Hope and Faith, daddy loves you so much and I will miss you with every beat of my heart until the day I rejoin you both. You will forevermore and always be on my mind. I already miss you both sooo much. I will never love anyone or anything as much as I love you both. Go to your next life and live happily forever. Eternal bliss is what awaits you both and you both deserve nothing less. I know this kind of started out as me just talking and it kind of turned into a letter to you both. I wish I could have been there to save you and I always told you I would never let anything hurt you and for that I am sorry. Rest in piece my beautiful babies. Oh my god, how I love you and miss you so, so, so, so, much!!!"
Organizer and beneficiary
Monica Smith Davis
Organizer
Burlington, KS
Gerald Garrett
Beneficiary
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