Jessica F Young
Meeting a lovely girl: July 20th 2013: ~ 20th March 2020:
The above date was when I first wrote to Jessica Fail Young who was an American living in Jackson, Tennessee. It so happened I was looking on face book at some of the writings on friend Georgina Flood’s facebook page when I notice a lovely message written by Jessica which somehow made me feel I should write to her and tell her how much I loved what she had written to this unknown person that she had written. It was a lovely letter that she had written and I felt in my heart that I should write to her about what she had writings. Her photo was on her face book and I must say I fell in love with the way she looked.
She seemed to be someone I had been looking for a long time. Not long after she text back which was surprising as I never thought I’d hear from her at all. I guess I wrote a pretty good letter as things turned out as she wrote back. We would later keep in touch by email or facebook etc and it became an everyday event. I became very much attracted to her and eventually I received a phone call from her out of the blue. It felt so good talking to her and I needed to speak to her more and more after that first phone call. Eventually we began to Skype to one another and learned all the things we liked and disliked and we seemed to get along fine. Jessica told me of her parents and family and her children, one a girl named Lauren and a son named Jonathan. So the scene was set for a few more surprises down the road.
Jessica and her rash decision to fly to Australia
We had spoken so many times on Skype and wanting to know about each other even more. Jessica came up with the brilliant idea of flying from the United States to Australia. This is something I would never have thought of doing.
America and Australia.
As I drove to the airport and I wondered what Jessica would be like and as I recall she phoned me on my mobile while I was driving there. It was in relation to a flight she had missed in Melbourne. I arrived at the airport and waited a while and decided to wait where she would make an entrance. She entered and came in from where I stood and we both looked at each other with a smile both looking as I walked towards her then we both kissed and all felt so wonderful. Jessica was all I hoped she would be and more. You know when you feel so good in your heart that nothing could be any better. That was a lovely moment for the both of us. We went down to get her luggage and then headed for the car then off to my home. We both spoke as we headed home in the car as if we had had known each other for years. Jessica seemed relaxed all the way while we returned to my place. I felt how lovely she was and made herself right at home and comfortable. It felt so good that she was here and so good about our meeting.
I have never really been one that wanted company for so long but with being with Jessica my heart took a different direction and I knew we would become very close. I think I fell in love with her right from the very start. I can remember one early night sitting at the kitchen table and having just finished dinner. I remember we both held hands across the table and we both touched and looked at each other and we both knew.
Jessica and I spent time in Adelaide and America enjoying each other’s company for over three years together and phoning each other for another three years every day.
The saddest day of my life came on the 20th of March.
Sadly Jessica passed away peacefully in her sleep in the morning around 8:00 on the 20th of March 2020. Nashville, Tennessee, USA
I miss her every day and I know I was lucky enough to have known and loved the gentle soul of Jessica F. Young. God Bless her.
Bob Gardiner