Update on Joe

Monday, October 15, 2012

Joe still teaches us...

Here is a copy of an email I received this morning from Joe. Very strange but it all becomes clear in the end...

Sorry to alarm you with an email from "joe" I know how much you and I wish we could really receive emails from heaven lol but I went through joes phone and found these notes that are more than worth sharing with everybody. Joe may have been weary with his choices, but in the end he knew what was right. He wouldn't have taken the time to take these notes if he did not know them to be true. I believe Satan had a hold of half of his agency and was like a tough weed. Strapped to joe and joe could not compete with it. I believe this with all my heart. I would like you to share this email with everyone you can. Blog, Facebook, Bassett bark, etc. joe was and still is a good boy with a good soul. No matter what "satans" choices were for him. -Tannie

Here are joes notes:

General conference notes.
April 2012

Love your wife. Put her needs above your own. Make sure she is happy and satisfied at all times. - president Eyring.

The priesthood is the government of heaven/God. - president Eyring.

When you are want to hate, hurt, disobey, or cause harm apply the following.........STOP IT!!! - Uchetdorf

Don't judge me because I sin differently from you. - Uchetdorf

The heart pumps 36 million times a year and without out disease it can do this without effort almost indefinitely - Russell M. Nelson

To gain eternal life indefinitely you need to be sealed in the temple and have faith, virtue, knowledge and temperance. - Russell M. Nelson

Remember the worth of souls is GREAT in the sight of the Lord.
- Ronald Rasband

If you come across a man drowning, do you ask, "do you need my help?"
- Ronald Rasband

Why am I here?? Our heavenly father put us on this earth with a veil of forgetfulness to prove our worth and learn right from wrong, discover there are consequences to our actions, so when we return to our heavenly father we can say we did it to our Heavenly Father. - President Monson

If a man die, shall he live again?
(good question)
Death is not what some people imagine. Death is not the end!! The spirits of those who are good or evil are still taken home to him who created them. - President Monson

We shall all be resurrected whether it's in the telestial, terrestrial or celestial kingdom. - President Monson

The master speaks to all, come back, come up, come in and come home. - President Monson

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Thoughts from Chelsea

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2

Bo Bo Richard Applegate

I remember when I would write these blogs when a friend died. Or a grandmother..those are people who are very very important to us; to some people more important than others. But I now know their pain.

Joseph Richard Applegate. Bo Bo. Hobo Joe. Jojo. My oldest brother. A friend. A son. Left this earth saturday night. My brother is one of those people who you feel like would pull something like this to just mess with you. If I hadn't seen him myself in the hospital and felt his hands all puffy and swollen. I would not believe it myself. The last time I saw Bo was when I was saying goodbye to head off to college, the first time I said bye to him he didn't hug me cause that is the way we were. My mom use to say that we were oil and water. But we invited them to Applebee's before I left and of course Bo was there. Fat kid. We hugged before I left the second time. Then on the 15th I called him for his birthday, and, me being a college kid I had no idea it was 11:15 at night and Bo had gone to bed but he answered thank goodness! He was very angry though. I told him I loved him and happy birthday. He said "Love you." And then promptly hung up.

My brother was not a man of very many words. He was my father in a younger version. Joe loved to work. Sometimes he was kind of scary to work with; he gets frustrated, but he was happy to have help when he worked. Bo loved to board. Longboarding was his past time. He got so many concussions on that thing. I remember one time he built a jump for the kids in the neighborhood, but of course joe had to use it. He was in the hospital that night with a huge concussion. Also his wife and I would go with a bunch of friends and just cruise around at night. Those were always so nice and relaxing. Snowboarding was my thing with bo. He was addicted. He would think of any excuse to get up on the mountain and my dad loved being with both of us, so he would take Bo quite often and he couldn't have been happier. We would get on the lift and he would sing, loudly! for the whole mountain to hear. We talked about things on the lift. He was always happy when we were snowboarding. He never washed his hair before we went so he would have to take off his helmet and scratch his head cause his hair was so disgusting. ha! It was really good stuff.

There are so many memories that we have with Bo. It is another thing to be close to losing someone cause Joe had done that as well. But to actually lose them. It's a very surreal thing. Something that I would never want anyone to go through. I love my brother, and I will the rest of my life. He is in a better place, and that gives people some comfort, but people are selfish and we think of ourselves and we are stuck here. Without him. That is the part that freaking sucks. I know that Bo and I will be united again. I have never doubted that.

I know I may be biased saying this but, my family is a family who CAN do this. I have never seen us all pull together like this. Now don't get me wrong life sucks for us right now and we have our moments when we just fall apart. But we have more moments of Joe happiness.

I love my brother. I will miss him more than people can imagine.

But life isn't what you imagine it would be I guess. There are people around you that are dying to help. Just look around for the good in life. It is there. I promise.

My brother would find it. I know that he is happy where he is. That is the biggest plus in this whole situation..

I love you Bo Bo. Keep up the monkey dance. We'll join you soon. You silly boy.

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Memories of Joe

This is a call for all memories of Joe. If you have a fun (or a serious) memory of JoJo, we would love to hear it. Thanks for all of your outpouring of love...

Funeral Plans

Funeral plans for Joe have been decided.

Date: Thursday, October 4
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Where: LDS Chapel (4400 College Boulevard)

We would love to have all who loved Joe come and celebrate in his life.

Saturday, September 29, 2012

A sad passing...

Joe passed from this life this evening about 10:40. We love him and will always miss him.

Another heartfelt thank you goes out to all of you our friends and families.

As plans for a funeral progress, we will pass the information along.

Love you. Liz

Thanks for Loving Joe

We have been on a emotional roller-costar this last week, we cried tears of unbelief when the doctors tried to tell us how serious Joe’s condition was as he was first admitted, then we cheered with Joy when he made small improvements like opening his eyes and feeling a little pain. We cried tears of acceptance when we thought that Joe might remain with us in this life, but he would likely have diminished mental capacity. We now cry tears of deep longing, as we accept that Joe’s time with us in this life is close to an end.

As tragic as this may seem to some, please know that we are filled with peace and hope. Our faith and knowledge in the Atonement of the Savior and his plan of happiness is embedded in our hearts and lives. We will miss terribly Joseph’s daily presences in our lives but this pain is immediately tempered by an understanding that as a family we have made covenants with God that can bind us together as a family for eternity. My heart aches when I talk with some who love Joe and are experiencing the same sorrow as we are but do not yet fully understand how to access the comfort of the Atonement.

Thank you all so much for your tender expressions of love. It is tremendously comforting to know that there are many people who know and love Joe as we do, we are extremely grateful to have friends who are willing to mourn with us. Without fail everyone wants to know what they can do to help us. Please just give us a hug - we will probably leave a tear stain on your shoulder and you may do the same but know that is all we really need that this time.

Kent