Damita was a beautiful child of the Lord, who was full of dreams! Even though Damita knew/felt she was dying (from anorexia), she LIVED and fought everyday, until the last one. Damita's longing and searching for the Lord still amazes me. I have never met a girl who was more excited to receive a bible!! I remember her being SO excited that Melanie (a good freind)and I were going to give her one! But sadly, she died before she was able to receive the bible. Damita taught me a lesson I am never going to forget. Through all her pain, her suffering, her sorrows, she sought God and his word. She felt she had nothing, nothing to live for, yet, she wanted God SO BAD. That is a great lesson, THANK YOU DAMITA - I promise I will never forget it. Although Damita hurt SO BADLY INSIDE, she liked to laugh, she liked to cheer people up! One would never know she suffered as she did. God's precious child, Damita didn't even feel worthy of love. It took her a LONG time to accept mine and Melanie's love. It took her even longer to say she really loved us back. I remember the FIRST TIME she told me she loved me! She always had this "motto" that you should NOT say something, if you did not mean it. She was honest and told us she didn't accept our love. Later on however, by the Grace of God..... Damita said to me, "I love you too!!!" I remember it so clearly. I asked whether or not she really meant it, and she replied "I DON"T lie about Love Heather, I only would say it, if I meant it." I almost started crying I was SO HAPPY! The following week, She told me that she trusted me. I'm NEVER going to forget that! I think that Damita knew she was going to die. About 3 months prior to her death, I asked her how she was doing, she said to me "I am fighting my last days." She knew I did not let her say bad things like that about her precious so she immediately corrected herself and said "no - I take that back." I knew she meant it. Damitas life was drastically cut short on Sept 4th 1998. At the young age of 17, Damita died of a heart attack cause by the anorexia she had suffered from for FAR TOO LONG. The songs Lidewij (her best friend) chose for her funeral were PERFECT. She played GONE TOO SOON, and CHILDHOOD ( I think both by Michael Jackson.) Damita always said she did not have a childhood - or at least not a normal one. Damita, you are greatly missed by us on Earth, we will NEVER FORGET YOU. You live in our hearts, and your light will shine through us. THANK YOU for the wake up call Damita. We trust you are with our Lord. We believe you are in heaven, LOVING yourself, LOVING your body, something you found impossible to do on Earth. We trust you are finally at peace. Damita: I will fight for you! You can't fight anymore honey, so I
will... with you in my heart.
We all love and MISS YOU,
Have fun walking and singing on the clouds Damita!!
I will ALWAYS, ALWAYS love you - FOR YOU, you who DESERVES IT!!
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