HI, I AM MICHELE, MITCHELL’S MOTHER. LAST NIGHT I PROMISED MY SON I WOULD TRY TO FIND THE STRENGTH TO DELIVER THIS EULOGY SO YOU COULD ALL GET TO KNOW MY SON A LITTLE BETTER.
......THIS IS THE HARDEST DAY OF MY LIFE AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MANY PEOPLE HOW STRONG AND COURAGEOUS I AM AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE THANKED ME FOR GIVING THEM EXTRA YEARS WITH MY BELOVED SON MITCHELL
FIRST OF ALL, HE WAS STRONG AND COURAGEOUS AND I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR LOANING AND ENTRUSTING ME WITH HIS ANGEL FOR 23 YEARS...I WAS BLESSED TO BE CALLED MOM BY HIM.
MITCHELL ALSO THANKED GOD THAT GOD CHOSE ME FOR HIM....ISNT GOD SMART?
I READ ONCE THAT GOD CHOOSES HIS BEST WARRIORS FOR THE TOUGHEST BATTLES......MITCHELL AND I ARE WARRIORS, AND I AM SO PROUD OF HIM. WE ARE BOTH WOUNDED, BUT MY BRAVE WARRIOR HAS GONE HOME TO BE WITH HIS HEAVENLY FATHER.....THE ONE THAT CREATED HIM SO PERFECTLY FOR ME.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AROUND, I BELIEVE THE SHEER NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE TODAY AND YESTERDAY SHOW TESTAMENT TO THE YOUNG MAN WE CALLED SON, BROTHER, GRANDSON, COUSIN, NEPHEW, BOYFRIEND, FRIEND OR ANYTHING ELSE.
HE WAS BEAUTIFUL NOT ONLY ON THE OUTSIDE BUT ON THE INSIDE AS WELL. HE WAS GENTLE AND KIND SPIRITED; HAD A DEEP RESPECT FOR WOMEN........JUST ASK HIS GRANDMOTHERS....... AND HE PROFOUNDLY TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES.
MITCHELL WANTED TO PLEASE PEOPLE AND LOVED TEASING AND MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH. HE ALSO TRIED TO PROTECT HIS MANY LOVED ONES FROM THE DEAMONS HE FOUGHT.............HE FOUGHT SO HARD…HE FOUGHT SOOO HARD.
I AM THANKFUL I WAS THERE FOR HIS LAST MINUTES ON EARTH AND MITCHELL NOW KNOWS JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE LOVED AND ACCEPTED HIM............EVEN WITH HIS FLAWS. I AM GLAD I AM THE PERSON WHO FOUND HIM AND HE WAS NOT ALONE.
I ALWAYS LOOKED AT HIM THE WAY GOD LOOKS AT HIM, NOT THE WAY OUR CRUEL SOCIETY LOOKS AT OTHERS. HE WAS PERFECT........GOD DOES NOT HAND CREATE JUNK.
I WANT PEOPLE TO START TALKING ABOUT THIS EVIL, CRUEL, LYING, CHEATING AND LIFE-ROBBING PLAGUE THAT IS TAKING OUR CHILDREN AWAY FROM US!
GET INVOLVED!!!!!!! GET ANGRY!!!!!!!!!
DONT THINK IT CANNOT HAPPEN TO YOU OR YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE IT CAN. OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HELP OUR KIDS, NOT CRIMINALIZE THEM AND… STOP IGNORING, BLAMING AND BEING TOO TERRIFIED TO TALK ABOUT IT!
I WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE TO ANYONE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION; YOU ARE NOT INVINCIBLE. YOU ARE NOT ALONE AND YOU ARE LOVED. JESSE, Mitchell’s dad WAS TALKING TO ME THIS MORNING ABOUT A CONVERSATION HE HAD WITH A PARENT WHOSE CHILD STRUGGLES WITH ADDICTION AND HOW IT NEGATIVELY AFFECTS THEIR RELATIONSHIP. YOU CAN HATE THE ADDICTION AND LOVE YOUR CHILD. TELL YOUR CHILDREN YOU LOVE THEM, IT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I WANT TO END THIS ON A LIGHTER NOTE. WHEN MITCHELL WAS YOUNG, HE USED TO PUT HIS LITTLE HANDS ON MY FACE AND TELL ME.....”MOMMY, YOU ARE PRETTIER THAN POLICE SIREN LIGHTS”. I TOOK IT AS A COMPLIMENT BECAUSE I KNOW HOW COOL LITTLE KIDS THINK POLICE SIREN LIGHTS ARE.
I TOLD HIM RECENTLY "MAN I AM FAT".......HE SAID,” NO MOM YOU ARE NOT FAT, YOU ARE A MOM”.
AND WHEN NOBODY ELSE WAS LISTENING HE WOULD CALL HIMSELF MY BOUNCING BABY BOY!!!! I KNOW HE ADORED ME!!!!
I PROMISED MITCHELL THIS MORNING THAT I WOULD CONTINUE THE FIGHT WE FOUGHT FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND EVEN THOUGH MY WOUNDED WARRIOR HAS BEEN CALLED HOME, I WILL CONTINUE THE FIGHT UNTIL MY LAST BREATH HERE ON EARTH AND GOD CALLS ME HOME TO BE WITH MY SON.
WATCH OUT SATAN, I AM COMING FOR YOU!