Cordell Johnson, age 25

Lost to gun violence on January 22, 2020 in Carbondale, Illinois.

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    1 Hugs and kisses
    1 So much is going on and you were the only person that could keep me calm
    1 I need you more then ever
    1 I miss my child😔LLCJ🕊I love u fa life
    1 Wishing that you were here
    1 Trying to be happy don't last long for me these days. You're the one who made me happy all the times
    1 I ❤️U SON 🗣LLCJ🕊
    1 My life has been wicked without you
    1 When will this nightmare be over with
    1 Lord knows that I can use one of those tight and secure hugd
    1 IMA MOURN U TILL I JOIN U SON🤬😔😭
    1 Everything little thing that I do remind me of us and the time we spent together
    1 You were my everything
    1 I MISS U SON💔U C IM TRING TO KEEP IT TOGATHER😞
    1 Mama loves u💕
    1 LIFE AINT THE SAME SON💔😭LLCJ🕊
    1 Our memories is what keep me together
    1 I know things would be different if you were still here
    1 I love you more everyday like you are still here
    1 FIRST HOLIDAY WITHOUT U💔💔I LOVE U SON LLCJ
    1 Missing you like crazy every single day
    1 I MISS U SON💔I LOVE U 4 ever
    1 I will always love you forever. Missing you like crazy Nicolas
    1 LONG LIVE MY SON💔😞I MISS U SO MUCH
    1 It just doesn't seem right. I love you baby
    1 Missing u badly Cj love mom😔
    1 I know if you were here I wouldn't mind staying in the house or the curfew
    1 I MISS U CJ N ILL ALWAYS LOVE U SON LLCJ🕊💔
    1 Missing those good morning/night baby and I love you baby texts and calls
    1 I'm just full of hurt, pain and anger. Time not healing anything I miss you baby
    1 I WANT MY DAMN CHILD BACK😭😭😭😭😭LLCJ😭
    1 I miss you
    1 SON I NEED U BK WITH US😞I WILL ALWAYS LOVE U❤️
    1 I miss hearing your voice especially when you tell me that you love me
    1 I will always be Bigdawgg stamped. I miss and love you baby
    1 3 long months without you suck. Missing you like crazy baby
    1 I LOVE U SON 3 hole months without u💔
    1 This pain isn't going anywhere. I hate that you are no longer here
    1 This hurt that I have in the inside doesn't match my outside
    1 I MISS U SON😔YOUR SIBLINGS N SON N NEPHEW DO TOO LLCJ🕊
    1 Every day is a real life struggle without you in my life. I'm missing and love you baby
    1 Sitting around crying yesterday lmk that this time that pass not healing anything
    1 I NEED U BK CJ💔MAMA MISSES U 💔
    1 I don't know what to do baby
    1 Living life without will never seem right. No matter what I'm doing or whom I'm with you on my mind
    1 Nicolas you were my world and you got my heart. What we going through isn't fair
    1 I MISS U SON😞I LOVE U SO MUCH
    1 Known that I won't hear your voice or see your face again killing me
    1 Life is so unfair. Why you?
    1 SON MAMA LOVES U N IM HURTING BADDDDD💔😭LLCJ🕊
    1 Why did you have to leave so soon. I just knew that we had plenty of time together
    1 LONG LIVE MY SON💔😭🤬😞I LOVE U 4 LIFE
    1 All I have is memories of you baby
    1 Up at 4 am with you on my mind. Shit hurts like hell
    1 In my feelings missing my child💔LLCJ🕊I LOVE U FOR LIFE
    1 I need you and your encouraging words baby. Nicolas I'm missing you down here I love you baby
    1 Missing you more than ever
    1 I'm so lost without you. They took apart of me when they took you
    1 Been in my feelings all day. I miss you so much baby. I love you
    1 Happy Heavenly Birthday Baby! I'm missing you like crazy and I love you
    1 I called you for your birthday but no answer 😭😭😭😭
    1 It was nice celebrating you baby but it didn't seem right that you wasn't there. I love you baby
    1 This not right at all! I need and want you back
    1 You will always be apart of me cuz apart of me went with you. I love you
    1 You were the perfect man in my eyes baby
    1 Still haven't got use to not getting any calls or texts from you
    1 I KNOW ILL C U AGAIN SON💔I LOVE U
    1 Forever in my heart baby. I love and miss you 😘
    1 I know you calling me a crybaby but in this case I can't help it. I love you Nicholas
    1 You were my soul mate. I've always told you that and we will never have time
    1 We supposed to be cuddle up right now
    1 Definitely missing you like crazy down here
    1 I MISS U SON💔LLCJ🕊
    1 Life definitely not the same without you
    1 What is life when you no longer have the love of your life
    1 Forever will be apart of me. Wishing that you were here with us
    1 I love u son💔LLCJ🕊
    1 This pain hurts like he'll. I put on a front every day like I'm good when I'm really not.
    1 I love and miss you like crazy baby. This really can't be my life without you
    1 WE MISSING U DOWN HERE SON😭MAMA LOVES U 5 EVER
    1 Pain pain pain
    1 You were the total package. Sweet, caring and gentlemen
    1 I LOVE U SON💔IM TRING MY BEST SON ITS SOOOO HARD LIVING WITHOUT MY FIRST BORN😭😭😭
    1 These days will never be the same without. I love you baby
    1 Why You Out of Them
    1 You are my world no matter what
    1 Trying so hard every day to be happy but it doesn't work
    1 Trying to figure out life without you is very hard and lonely
    1 Life without you sucks
    1 I know you're smiling down here on us
    1 THIS SHIT HURTS😩😭LONG LIVE MY SON🕊
    1 I Will ALWAYS LOVE U SON😒
    1 I just want to talk to you about a whole bunch of nothing or just hear you breathe
    1 I love you and miss down here continue watching over us baby
    2 Missing you baby
    1 Forever on my mind I love you baby
    1 Trying to continue to make you proud of me. I need to talk to you about somethings
    1 Never in a million years that I would think that I would be living without you
    1 Long live my son 😩
    1 What is life without the love of your life
    1 I LOVE U 5 EVER SON😭
    1 Wishing that you were still here with us
    1 You the only one that understood me. I hate not having you around baby
    1 A nightmare that will never end
    1 Words can't express how I feel about losing the love of my life
    1 You have always been there for me no matter what and now I don't have that with nobody
    1 My heart is in pieces. I love and miss you baby
    1 Wanting you to be here and known that I won't see you again sucks
    1 This 1 day at time doesn't get any better fr
    1 Empty without you
    1 SON I CAN NOT DEAL WITHOUT YOU🤯🤯🤯IM LOSING IT😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
    1 What is life without a person that meant the world to you
    1 It's hard baby. I love you baby
    1 Happy Father's Day! I love and miss you baby
    1 Too many 1st things without you
    1 It's been some messed up months without you
    1 I just need to talk to you baby
    1 I love and miss you baby
    1 I wish things were different and you didn't have to leave so soon baby
    1 long live my son😡💔💔
    1 Things aren't the same without you baby
    1 Missing you more every day baby
    1 I just need to hear and smell you. Videos isn't enough for me baby
    1 I love you more every day
    1 It breaks my heart not seeing you 💔
    1 Life will never be the same for me baby
    1 Craving you touch and your voice
    1 Man things are rough without you baby
    1 I try to be happy but it doesn't last that long
    1 I know you would so proud and happy for me. I love and miss you baby
    1 I hate taking this journey without you baby
    1 It's so many things that I need to talk to you about and to hear you say that's my baby
    1 My life isn't right without you and I hate it
    1 Wishing you were to live this thing call life out. It's hard without you
    1 This shit hurt like the very first day
    1 Long Live My Big Brother 💔
    1 I hate that when I call your phone no answer just the voice mail
    1 I know if you were here that we would've been on the phone my whole work shift
    1 I just knew that we had a lifetime to work each other nerves
    1 I know if you were here I wouldn't be stressing about it. You knew what to say
    1 To hear say that you got this baby will mean the world to me right now
    1 Looking at our videos bring happiness, sadness and tears all at once
    1 I know that you would be proud of me with all the stuff that I have lined up
    1 These seconds, minutes, hours and days are very very hard without you baby
    1 These have been some hard days. I try to hard be happy
    1 Having you here will be a whole lot better for everyone
    1 Definitely missing you like crazy baby
    1 It's not a day that I haven't thought about you. Shit hurts
    1 Miss popping up on and seen that smile
    1 Remembering your smile and you saying there go my baby brings tears
    1 Them hugs and kisses use to be everything. Best feelings ever when you felt the love
    1 I won't never receive the love that you gave me. We had something special that we only understood
    1 Life without you is hard. All I ever want/wanted was you
    1 Forever on my mind and in my heart. My heart aches every day without you
    1 I be needing your input and advice baby
    1 It's really hard in this world without you. You were everything to me
    1 I love and miss you every single day. This hurt my soul
    1 I just knew that we had a lifetime together. My heart hurts bad
    1 You the only person let me be me and loved every bit of it. Baby I miss you
    1 My life truly haven't been the same
    1 Baby this fb post reminded me of us falling asleep on the phone😭😭
    1 Still feeling like a nightmare
    1 It's hard trying to adjust without you baby
    1 Missing You
    1 The closer my birthday get here the more I'm hating it. You were always the first to text me
    1 Not hearing from you first today got me crying
    1 Yesterday was very hard and emotionally
    1 Seeing you smile was everything
    1 Losing you made me numb. I don't know how to feel towards things anymore
    1 I wish that you can text and talk back to me
    1 I just want to talk to you
    1 This pain isn't going anywhere. Feel like the first day
    1 7 long months without hearing from you hurts
    1 My face is a front every day it's really not happy like it look
    1 Baby I'm hurting badly without you in my life
    1 Forever in my heart
    1 This hurt like hell living without you baby
    1 I'm in pieces baby
    1 I know that you be so proud of me and telling me that you got this baby
    1 Days like is harder then the others
    1 I love and missing you like crazy
    1 Pushing through every day without is hard
    1 I need you
    1 I know that you would be by side right now
    1 My heart hurting and soul so bad
    1 Days have gotten even harder for me baby
    1 Missing and I love you baby
    1 These days be hard without baby
    1 Every day is definitely a struggle baby
    1 Definitely miss you baby
    1 Another year without you baby
    1 3 long years without you baby. Definitely missing and love you baby
    1 Happy Heavenly Birthday Baby
    1 Merry Heavenly Christmas baby. I love and miss you baby
    1 This isn't no easy getting that phone call 4 years ago
    1 LONG LIVE BIG DAWG💙🕊️
    1 Happy Heavenly dirty 30 baby. Missing and love you baby
    1 I love and misss you big bro😭🤞🏾
    1 LONG LIVE YOUUUUUU

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