OWEN WESLEY-ALLEN LESTER WAS BORN ON FRIDAY DECEMBER 28TH, AT 5:53 P.M., AT 6 LBS, 2 OZS, AND WAS 19 1/2 INCHES LONG. HE WAS THE 1ST CHILD TO MY "ADOPTED" SON CODY, AND THE 1ST GRANDCHILD TO MY AND MY HUSBANDS BEST FRIENDS, TINA AND FRED.
OWEN WAS A BEAUTIFUL BABY, WHO BROUGHT AN AMAZING JOY TO THE LIVES OF EVERYONE HE TOUCHED. HE WRESTLED WITH A STOMACH AILMENT THOUGHT TO BE ACID REFLUX, BUT WAS STILL A VERY HAPPY BABY.
OWEN PASSED AWAY ON MONDAY MARCH 10TH AT 9:30 P.M.  THEY SAY THAT SIDS IS WHAT TOOK HIM FROM US, BUT FOR THOSE OF US WHO KNOW THE SITUATION, WE ALL BELIEVE HE DIED OF A BROKEN HEART.
I CREATED THIS MEMORIAL TO OWEN FOR HIS DADDY AND GRANDPARENTS, AS A PLACE TO GO TO REFLECT ON HIS SHORT TIME ON EARTH. I HOPE THAT IT WILL SERVE AS A REMINDER THAT EVEN THOUGH WE AREN'T ACTUALLY BLOOD RELATIVES, OWEN WAS A HUGE PART OF OUR FAMILY ALSO, AND HAS LEFT A HUGE HOLE IN OUR LIVES,TOO.
WE KNOW THAT IN HEAVEN, THEY KNOW OF NOTHING BUT GOOD, BUT STILL IT HURTS TO NOT HAVE THEM HERE WITH US. GOD JUST NEEDED ANOTHER ANGEL TO HELP IN HIS HEAVENLY GARDEN. 
TO THOSE OF YOU WHO MET OWEN, WHEN YOU THINK OF HOW MUCH YOU MISS HIM AND FEEL SORRY FOR YOURSELF, THINK OF THOSE WHO NEVER MET HIM AND FEEL SORRY FOR THEM. OUR JOYS WILL BE GREATER, OUR LOVE WILL BE DEEPER, OUR LIVES WILL BE FULLER, BECAUSE WE SHARED IN HIS MOMENT.
SOME PEOPLE ONLY DREAM OF ANGELS, WE HELD ONE IN OUR ARMS. REST IN PEACE, SWEET OWEN, YOU'VE EARNED YOUR ANGEL WINGS.  
                                                                                       
                                                                           LOVING YOU ALWAYS, AUNT DARLA