18 YEARS.
You became an Uncle again! Alex and Amanda have a little girl who was due on your birthday. Adilynn Harper! She decided to arrive 3 days early.
I was on Sanibel Island for your birthday, today I went to South Lido Beach and might go back for sunset tonight.
Hard to believe you'd be 39 already.
Next year, which should be your 40th, we're planning a party.
I'll be getting us a 'Bunkroom' so the entire family can share a room.
Rosie seems excited to attend. The plan is pizza, cake, ice-cream, decorations, games and prizes and having everyone share memories of you, so all the nephews have a peek at who they were named after. By then Grayson will be 7 and old enough to ask questions. He's a bit shy.
I'm in the middle of another fact-finding mission and only realized a few weeks ago that neither Murphy nor Bridget barked that night. I have an investigative Youtuber helping me to answer questions and confirming what we already know. Maybe this will be the year that I will finally fulfill my promise to you. A friend told me 2023 is the year of justice. I have seen quite a bit of it, just not on your case yet. Monica and Rosie have been very supportive and this might be the year Shila joins us.
I wish you were here! I miss you so much it hurts.

It's hard being the only one posting to you here. The last group let one of the suspects post & follow. That broke me.
You now have 10 neices & nephews, you only met Autumn. She'll be 19 next month and is moving to NC with her boyfriend next week.

Left wondering if your sibblings do anything in your memory on your birthday.
They each named their first born son after you!
Troy Thomas
Mason Thomas
Benjamin Thomas
Thomas Richard (his friends are now calling him Tommy!)
Grayson James Thomas

I hate being alone on your birthday.
Some years Rosie calls me, some years I'm able to plan time with your neices & nephews....they take away the sting and distract me for the day.

Next month marks 17 years....You are forever missed and we are forever changed.

I find myself replaying our last day together. There are no clues to be found. It was a great day as we worked as a team and laughed about the softest sheets in the world. I've never been much of a dreamer on any level. I so wish you would come into a dream tonight with happy scenes or clues to solve this mystery. I think of you and all your sibs nearly every day. It's a long shot but I might have made a contact with Chris McDonough from TIR and find the strength and people who can reopen your case. I can't bring you back to us but correcting your certificate from me being conned would mean a lot to me. 1436&7

There remains a section of my heart which is overfilled with love for you. Now and then it escapes from my eyes and runs down my cheeks. I have your Hugo and wore it to Alex's wedding last month. Yes, your baby brother has a son Grayson James Thomas and married his mother July 10th. How I wish you were still here with all of us. 1456&7 Mama

My heart still can't believe you're gone.
It's been a long 15 years.
Sunday Rosie, Shila, Alex & families & I will be meeting at the cemetery.
Each of your siblings first born son's carry your name. Shila called dibs back in 2005.
Jeremy & Drays first born son, Troy Thomas
Rosie & Paul's first born son Mason Thomas, for Grandpa & you
Brandon and Katie have twins, first born Benjamín Thomas
Shila & Kevin's first born, Thomas Richard
Alex's & Amanda's first born son is Grayson James Thomas

Only Autumn was born before you passed. She's 17 this year! They also have Celina, already a teen as well.

Rosie & Paul now have Marley Rose.

Brandon & Katie's second born twin son is Hank Lawrence

Shila & Kevin have a cute little red head, Claire Isabell

Alex just has the one, but they might have another.

You have 10 nieces & nephews and your sister talk of you so often that Mason & Thomas talk about you too!

With 4 of the 5 old enough now to listen, I was planning to spend a hour or so telling them all about you. But this in 2020 and the Covid 19 virus is messing with so many things, it will just have to wait.

MaMa loves you and how I wish you were here with those never ending hugs.
 

I miss you every day my son. And I always will. Give Grandpa a big hug for me,play keep away with Murphy and scratch Bridgets belly for me! Tell Gandous I'm sorry,I was so busy I didn't know! 1435, today, tomorrow and forever and always. MaMa

Tommy was always smiling. He gave us each unending hugs, we were the ones who had to pull away or stay in his arms all day. I deeply miss his arm over my shoulder as we talked. I wish he was still hugging me.