Theresa Renee

Unicorn Nights kit by Creative Victorian Designs
(with borrowed recoloured rose for Nuptial Serenity)

Theresa Renee Ellis

December 15, 1962-March 11, 2005

I remember many family functions spent together as children. We were like sisters then. In our teen years we didn't see much of each other...yet our paths seemed very similar...battling drug addiction. Fortunately I found sobriety and Jesus Christ. Theresa tried to find sobriety, but never found Jesus. Her death in 2005 was devastating to the family. Especially when circumstances came to light. Theresa was clean and sober and looking for work. She landed her dream job and failed the hiring drug test. She knew she was clean, but feared that her family would think she was lying. She faked working for a few days, seemingly happy and upbeat. On March 10, 2005 she rented a dive motel room. She wrote farewell letters to mother, father, daughter and brother, and she ended her life. A close friend confided in her mother (my auntie) about the failed drug test and that the drug test was fixed in order not to hire her and allow someone else to fill the position. So cousin Theresa went to her depression driven grave feeling lost and alone and like the world was against her. I wish that Theresa would have known the love of Jesus. And I pray that in her final hours she found peace and the love of God.