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		<title>Joshua M. Kreiser: 11/9/76-12/30/20</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[My name is Ida and I am and always will be Mama to Joshua. I miss him every day! The heartbreak is unbearable on most days. I use my days to find ways to make our Florida roads safer for everyone in Joshua&#8217;s name. I do not want one more person to die and I [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>My name is Ida and I am and always will be Mama to Joshua.</p>



<p>I miss him every day! The heartbreak is unbearable on most days.</p>



<p>I use my days to find ways to make our Florida roads safer for everyone in Joshua&#8217;s name.</p>



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<p>I do not want one more person to die and I want to curb behaviors in any way that I can.</p>



<p>Thank you for reading about my son. I want to share some things that he loved to do!</p>



<p>Joshua was a Painter by trade. He enjoyed swimming from childhood, and God give him many gifts one was singing and as an adult, he sang in many bands.</p>



<p>He loved Alabama football! “Go, Roll Tide.” He also loved the Boston Bruins hockey team.</p>



<p>Since Joshua&#8217;s childhood, we did a lot of fundraising to include skate-a-thons and he won a TV and a Bike in different years!</p>



<p>He loved roller skating! &nbsp;Just like I did at his age!</p>



<p>As an adult, in 2014, he raised money for a woman with cancer by singing with his band. This was the last concert I was able to go to for my talented son.</p>



<p>My Joshua loved to joke around and he would have a serious side also. Rainman, the movie came out in 1988 and my Joshua could sound just like Raymond. &nbsp;He was NOT making fun of it at all, he knew all the work I did over the years with handicapped people but this is a memory I will never forget. He was also a scout just like me through the years!</p>



<p>Joshua loved wrestling and we would go see the locals in Crestview.</p>



<p>Then one time, in 1988 we went to a WWF Wresting in Hershey, PA</p>



<p>A cherished and funny memory was&nbsp;seeing&nbsp;Ted Dibiase and Andre’ The Giant in Hershey, Pennsylvania! They would throw money in the arena and Joshua was grabbing and stuffing his pockets and said “Mom, hide this money.” I knew it was fake but they still wanted it back!&nbsp; The look on Josh’s face, I will always remember. He was such a funny kid! I miss him.</p>



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<p>Joshua loved art! He could draw almost anything, he made me a coffee holder and a unicorn in woodshop in high school!</p>



<p>He had a sense of humor and a big heart! He even talked a few of his friends out of suicide.</p>



<p>When he was little my grandpa always gave him lollipops, and when Joshua’s great-grandpa passed away we would go to the grave and Joshua would say “ Grandpa, here is a lollipop for you!”</p>



<p>Thank you for allowing me to share the beauty in my son behind his roadside marker.</p>



<p>All of these memories take me back! It is still so surreal today that Joshua, my son is gone from this earth, from my reach, from my arms. I need his hugs to help me through this.</p>



<p>In less than a moment, my lovely son was killed in a hit-and-run. There are no more memories to make. Please everyone stay safe, and make good decisions on our roadways; this Mama is begging you.</p>
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