Dustin James Du Bois

This Memorial Website was set up for Dustin James Du Bois, born in San Diego, Ca. on August 20, 1984 and

passed away on September 24, 2005.

Dustin was born in San Diego, in Mercy Hospbial. He was born on a Monday at 11:52 in the morning. (I'm pretty sure)  I was in labor with Dustin from Friday night until Monday almost afternoon...GEEEZZZZ!!

Most of you know that I was a single parent until I met Dustin's Step-dad...my husband, Bob. My sister Terri and my Mom were with me when he was born. I was 21 years old. I had been living at home with my parents, until I was about 7 months pregnent. For reasons I won't go into here, I had to move out and I went to live at a Catholic home for un-wed mothers. I was scared at first...but seeing as how I was pretty much the oldest (how sad) girl in the home I quickly became kinda the house Mom. (geezzz I've always been everyones mom I guess). The house was a old, but beautiful home near the airport, on Laurel street I believe. There were 5 or 6 girls living together most of the time. Most of the girls were giiving their children up for adoption. Until I watched a Mom spend just a few hours or days with her new baby, and then hand it over to someone who she felt was a better parent...I never knew just how UN-SELFISH adoption is. I COULDN'T DO IT. No that doesn't make me a better person...in my eyes, it made me a selfish person.

After Dustin was born we lived in a one bedroom apartment in Lakeside, Ca. Just he and I. I made the bedroom his room, but he rarley slept in his room. He usually slept with me on the hide-a-bed in the living room, cause I was afride something was going to happen to him. Either someone would break into his room and take him, or I just knew, he was going to die...everyone told me "it's just cause your a new mom...every mom feels that way"

I used to lay there and just watch him sleep...so many nights. Sometimes I worry so much about something bad hapening to him..I'd quietly cry. ...he'd always..always...start crying too. Our souls were connected from the start.

Dustin and I moved around alot...moved back in with Mom and Dad, then back out again. I'll be honest...it wasn't as popular to be a single parent back then as it is today, and I was lonely and young and let's face it...not very stable. Dustin and I spent so much time at the beach. Mission Beach..."Bay side" and "Beach side" I had a cousin that lived there, and my best friends in-laws lived there too. I also dated someone that lived across from my cousin on Isthmas Court....so...Dustin called the beach "home" he told people he grew up there...in a way he did, but we never actually lived there.

In 1990 when Dustin was 6 years old, we moved with my Mom and Dad to Temecula, Ca. Dustin had the chicken pox while we were moving...and he had them BAD...I MEAN REALLY BAD. Poor kid had a "pock" everywhere on his body. When we moved to Temecula..it's wasn't EVEN as big as it is now. I mean there was a Vons, a Marie Calendars and a Pizza Hut...that's about it. There was a few things on Jefferson, I worked as a cocktail waitress at a Dos Grengo...later they changed it to office buildings and my Mom worked at an escorow office in the same building that was the mexican restruant. Dustin pretty much grew up in Temecula on Mira Loma dr. I quit moving around so much and tried to get my life together when we moved there. For a while, Dustin went to a private school Hillcrest Acadamy...then he went to Vail Elementry, it was right across the street from our house. Later, after I met Bob, we all moved just right up the street to Vintage View apartments. I remember thinking how amazing it was that we got "approved" to move in. Bob was only making like $7.00 an hour working in the shop at Cryoquip, (he actually works there again now...but he makes more than $7.00 thank God) and I was working in the front office making I think...$7.50 or $8.00 an hour. Anyway, I became pregnent with Danielle in 95. Funny..

Dustin begged me when he was young to find someone and marry them so he could have a brother or sister.   th

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You are forever in our thoughts and our hearts. ROCK ON DUSTIN....