Gotta Keep Up the Pace

Jackson Oliver Stonier.previously: jacksonoliver.tumblr.com203. Hartford, Connecticut. twenty-two years old. currently working toward a life I can be proud of. "As if you could kill time, without injuring eternity." -HDT

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Giocando con le lastrine ~ By Simone de Cillia

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✌🏼️dental hygiene is important, folks. I felt attractive @ this moment. so what?

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some of the very last pictures taken with dad💙 Left: myself, dad, Wilson. Right: our whole family - mom, me, Wilson (on his wedding day), dad, and Benj.

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My father passed away suddenly at home on the morning of Friday, March 17th, 2017.

Everybody has been asking me (after sharing their condolences, of course) - “was he sick? did you guys know?” & the answer is, no. my father had heart problems. just like me. ever since he was born. my dad’s first open-heart surgery was at 9 years old. oddly, my father and I shared the EXACT same type of mechanical heart valve. luckily for me, I did not go through as many surgeries as he did during his lifetime. furthermore, I wasn’t even born with any heart defects like he was. I was just one of the unlucky souls to develop an illness in my early 20s, and then have to go through a similar surgery. Not only did we share the same mechanical valve, but when I learned I needed OHS & a full valve replacement, my mom and dad knew EXACTLY who to go to. who would be able to save their son’s life? obviously - the man that saved my father’s life in his 40s when he was having his THIRD open-heart surgery.

It is just so weird how things come full circle. I was in no way prepared for my dad to pass away at 57 years old. In many regards, he was still a young man…

Still coming to grips with the reality of everything, only a week later at this point.. My father will be missed greatly. we might not have been as close as some other sons & their dads, but I know he loved me. and he knows I love him. and always will. He would want us to remember him in a good light, and celebrate his life with some of the more simple things that he enjoyed while he was with us.

I know that I will always remember the innumerable lessons he taught me about being a man - how to be an adult in the working world, how to be the person you want to be, and to know what you want.

You were a great man, dad. And I love you. David Albert Stonier, Jr. 12.5.1959 ~ 3.17.2017