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Prayers
Please remember to pray for Michael's
children, Prince, Paris, Blanket.
Please remember Michael's family in your
prayers especially his mother Katherine.
Please remember Michael's friends in your
prayers especially Liz Taylor and Diana
Ross.
Please remember Michael's fans in your
prayers.
Even
though I walk
through the valley of the
shadow of death, [a]
I will fear no
evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and
your staff,
they comfort me.
You
prepare a table before me
in the presence of
my enemies.
You anoint my head with
oil;
my cup overflows.
Surely goodness
and love will follow me
all the days of my
life,
and I will dwell in the house of the
LORD
forever.
Psalm 23:4-6 (New International
Version)
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In Loving Memory
Michael Joseph
Jackson
1958-2009
A father, son, brother,
uncle, cousin, friend and
humanitarion
(gone too soon)
Michael
is known through out the world as a pop icon, an
incredible dancer, gifted singer, he also was
involved in everything that had to do with his
music videos and movies like Moonwalker and he
also starred as the scarecrow in The Wizz.
I want to keep this page focused on the gifts
that God gave Michael and why he was so
important to me.
Michael
Through My Eyes
My mother has
been listening to Michael for many years before I
was even born. The year I was born Michael
has just released his solo cd Off The Wall, as I
was just passing my toddler stages Michael
released Thriller and I remember my sister was a big
fan and she had this jacket that look just like
his and when I would put it on I would fall
because it was so big and heavy on me. I
was actually afraid of the video so I would
close my eyes but still listen. As I got older
I really loved listening to the bad record, yes
I said record, and I loved it and also
really loved his movie moonwalker. During
this time in my life I was being physically
and emotionally abused by my father, I did not
fit in at school, I was made fun of and
harassed daily. When the American Dream movie
came out I saw how Michael's life was like off
stage, and I felt so connected to him, I felt like
I wasn't alone in my struggle. One of
the parts in the movie where I felt most
connected to Michael was the mouse he called ben, I
was always linked to animals, and my father
even choked my dog right in front of me and I
cannot decribe the fear, anger, and complete sadness
I felt, I kept my eyes open almost all
night praying my father would not come and kill my
dog whose name was Benji. Around the time
he released Dangerous my father was gone and my
mom had a restraining order against him.
This one afternoon I was going through pictures and
I found this box of papers and I saw a letter
my father wrote to my mother so I read it and
he said that he would grab me from school, kill
me, and leave my head for my mom to see. I
was so scared thinking that my own father hated
me so much that he wanted me dead. I
decided at that point that I didn't want to be
me anymore, I was to scared to be me, so I
decided to hide behind Michael. I changed my
hair like his, dressed like him and always
had pictures of him and his music with me so I
could hear his voice. When someone would rip
a picture of him I would cry for hours, I even
had a framed picture of him on my desk at
school, you can imagine the kids tortureing me
over that one. I was placed in a treatment
plan for abused kids and they slowly made me
have less and less pictures of him to the point
I was not allowed to bring any to school, I
always mnaged to sneak at least one small one
with me. I slowly became myself and the
school asked me to perform like Michael at
school events and I remember the shock on
peoples faces, this scared child is in front of
hundreads, singing and dancing, like nothing
could hurt me. When I was 13 years old I
had a set back because Michael was accused of
something so heart breaking, I just fell apart,
even though I chose not to believe it I was so
worried, I wanted to see Michael and tell him
how precious he is to me and that he needs
to be strong because he is loved. I felt
so frustrated that the media was stealing all
his strength and I remembering watching him
pleas his innocence and just crying for hours
for his pain and praying Jesus would hold
him. I slowly let go of Michael as I was
becoming closer to God becase I need to
rely on God for comfort and
peace. Michael was still in my heart
and my thoughts everyday, what he taught me
about poor children, racisim, war, poverty and
hatred in the world, even winning a young
authors award about a book I wrote on poor
children because Michael was my
inspiration. I found out a year ago
that Michael was ill and I was scared that
he would die so I prayed to Jesus to
protect him and to heal him. Now it
came the time when my mom came in my room to
tell me Michael was rushed to the hospital and
that he was in a coma, I sat there glued to CNN
just praying over and over that God would not
take him, I needed to believe that one day if it
was God's Will I would tell Michael how much he
means to me. When CNN anounced
he died, I could feel the floor beneath me
just fall, its like a nightmare you can't wake
up from, I just cried and cried for days and
when the memorial came I was just grief stricken
and I felt so empty, even though Michael
did not know it he played a huge part in my
life. When I write my biography I am
going to write a chapter dedicated to Michael
and what he has done in my life. I
also plan to write a song about Michael and in
that song focus on his peace that he has
now. I am so grateful that I am a
Christian, that I know Jesus as my Lord and
Savour, because it gives me peace in knowing
where Michael is and when my time comes I
will see him, and I have asked
Jesus to show Michael how precious he
has been to me and I will pray for his precious
children through out my life and hope they keep
focus on the knowing that Jesus is with them
always. Michael is always a part of
me, nothing will ever change that, I am
forever reminded that Jesus showed me Michael
through His eyes.
In Christ's Love,
Tanja Theriault
From
Neverland to HEAVEN
Guestbook
Dedication Video
can also be found on youtube and megavideo titled
"Loyal Lamb Michael Jackson"
Please remember to
visit Loyal Lamb Outreach and pray for sick
children
This is a
Christian website so I do not answer any rumors
or media content about Michael, please keep all
guest book entries based on Michael's memory and
NOT gossip.
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Tanja Theriault, original was designed by the
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