Buffalo Grove Skate Park

My son wrote many journals which I am finding all over the house.

This following entry seems to resume letter he was writing.

This entry includes a short note with regards to the proposal urging The Village of Buffalo Grove to build a Skate Park.

"I graduated with the class of 2005 from Adlai Stevenson High School located in Linconshire, IL.

For me attending High School wasn't as big of a hassle that my friends made it all out to be. I am a very ambitious person and hope one day I shall open a "Multi Media" company.

In 2001, six of my best friend's and I decided to talk to our village about a new idea for our community. We proposed a skate park to be built next to the already standing Busch Park, an outdoor roller, hockey rink. In our minds the skate park was to be a positive reinforcement our town could rely on as a fun and safe place for our future generations to recreate.

The Village vowed they'd supply a grant to build this park so long as we obtained a certain percentage of signatures on a petition. We accomplished our goal. What a feeling that was.

This accomplishment turned into a burning ambition to get ahead in life.

4 My Son~

Life is to short ~ Live it Well~

The Cord
We are connected, My child and I, by an invisible cord not seen by the eye.
It's not like the cord that connects us 'til birth
This cord can't been seen by any on Earth.
This cord does it's work Right from the start.

It binds us together Attached to my heart.
I know that it's there though no one can see the invisible cord from my child to me.
The strength of this cord is hard to describe.
It can't be destroyed
It can't be denied.
It's stronger than any cord man could create.
It withstands the test, & can hold any weight, and though you are gone,
though you're not here with me, the cord is still there but no one can see.
It pulls at my heart I am bruised...I am sore ~
But this cord is my lifeline as never before.
I am thankful that God connects us this way.
A mother and child ~
Death can't take it away!

Author Unknown

In memorial to my ~Son~
Jon McEachern
December 26, 1986 ~ November 30, 2007

I want to personally thank all the people who have been there physically, mentally and spiritually for me this past month and know in my heart they will always be around forever. Loosing a child is a terrible tragedy, my hope's to anyone that reads this page shall not cry but rejoice that my son's life journey, although so short here on earth, will be able to help other's in need.