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🕊️💚 HOMEGOING CELEBRATION OF JULIAN “LI JU” RILEY 🖤

As we come together to celebrate the life and honor the memory of our beloved Julian, we ask that everyone keep his family and loved ones lifted in prayer during this difficult time. Thank you for your love, support, and understanding as we lay our loved one to rest. 🕊️

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
• 🚫 No pictures or recording will be allowed during the funeral service. You will be removed from the premises
• 🚫 Repast shirts are NOT to be worn to the funeral. Please wear appropriate funeral attire.

We appreciate everyone respecting the family’s wishes and helping us honor Julian with dignity, love, and respect.

Forever loved, forever missed, and forever in our hearts. 💚🕊️🖤 by @_daprettyone

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🕊️🤍 REPAST SHIRTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR ORDER! 🤍🕊️

In loving memory of our beloved, we invite family and friends to order their repast shirts as we come together to honor and celebrate a life that will forever be remembered. 🕊️❤️

📌 **Please place your orders as soon as possible! The deadline is October 20th!! LINK IN BIO

Thank you for your love, support, and understanding during this difficult time. Forever loved, never forgotten. 🕊️🕯️

if you order by using applepay…select local pickup first then hit applepay.

#ForeverInOurHearts #RepastShirts #GoneButNeverForgotten 🤍 by @_daprettyone

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Ju, man… WHY YOU? You told me you would never leave me. You told me you had me and the kids. You weren’t just Jay’s best friend you were his right-hand man, his brother, and you became my son too. If you seen Jay, you seen Ju. Y’all were always together. You lived with me, you were part of this family, and I loved you like one of my own. Ju, you just texted me “Mom” asking for another $2 😂💔 and now I’m sitting here wishing I could get that text one more time. You hurt me so bad with this one, baby. You and Jay both left y’all mamas like this… WHY? 😭 Why did y’all have to leave us so soon? I don’t understand it. I don’t know how I’m supposed to go on when both of my boys are gone. You always told me you wanted to go be with Jay, but I never thought you would leave me this early. Jay passed on the 9th and you left on the 6th. Just days apart… 💔😭I know Jay is up there smiling and fussing at you at the same time like, “Man, why you come up here so soon?” 😭😂

Brothers are back together again. 🕊️❤️

But down here, your mamas are hurting. You both left us with a pain I can’t even put into words. I love y’all forever. Forever Jay. Forever Ju. Forever my boys. Until I see y’all again… 💔🕊️

#ForeverJu #ForeverJay #BrothersBackTogetherAgain #ForeverMyBoys #FlyHighMyBabies by @_daprettyone

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Cash Money, No Limit… but you know I had to put that orange on for my baby. 🧡 Forever my 20, forever my baby. 🥹🧡♾️ #Forever20 #TheJayWay #mamajusttryingtohavefun by @_daprettyone

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My baby, just keep dancing 🧡🥹 I could watch this forever. These are the moments I hold onto when I miss you the most—your smile, your energy, your happiness. I’d give anything to see you dance one more time. Forever my baby, forever my 20. 🧡🕊️ #Forever20 #TheJayWay#Mytwin#mamasboy by @_daprettyone

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Happy 19th Birthday to my baby, my firstborn, my forever 20. 🧡🎂 19… a birthday I prayed I would get to celebrate with you. I should be watching you grow into the young man you were becoming, watching you chase your dreams, play football, and make me proud. Instead, I’m learning how to celebrate you from this side of heaven. 💔I hope heaven is celebrating you big today, because you deserve nothing less. 🧡 I’ll keep saying your name, telling your story, and making sure the world never forgets who Je’Caryous “Jay” Johnson was. Happy 19th Birthday, my baby. Until I see you again, keep watching over Mama and your siblings. I love you beyond words. 🧡

Forever my baby. Forever my 20. Forever your Mama. 🧡♾️
#Happy19thBirthdayJay #Forever20 #TheJWay #JWay #ForeverMyBaby FlyHighJay by @_daprettyone

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2 months ago

“Watching you play football is one of my favorite memories. 🧡 Every highlight, every touchdown, every smile still lives in my heart. This year, I know you’d be getting ready for college football, chasing the dreams you worked so hard for. Forever my #20. Forever my greatest blessing. I’ll love and miss you for the rest of my life. #Forever20 🧡🏈 by @_daprettyone

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3 months ago

Congratulations my baby, you signed out 🧡🎓
You finished your journey and made us all so proud. Even though you’re not here the way we wanted, your presence was felt through every tear, every hug, every clap, and every moment last night.Last night was one of the hardest and most emotional nights of my life. Receiving my baby Jay’s diploma should’ve looked so different, and my heart is still trying to understand it all. This year has been the toughest year for me mentally and emotionally, but I’m so thankful for every single person who checked on me, prayed for me, cried with me, helped me, loved on me, and made sure I kept going when I wanted to give up. I truly couldn’t have made it through this year without y’all. The love and support has meant more to me than words could ever explain. I miss everything about this year — the way y’all kept my baby name alive in everything y’all did, especially through football. Seeing his brothers, coaches, friends, and everybody continue to honor him and carry him with them means more than y’all will ever know. Jay loved football with his whole heart,Forever my #20 🧡 The number 7 represents completion. My baby was walking across the stage in heaven FR 🕊️ It was complete tonight. 🧡 He was in seat 7 💔
Please continue to keep me and my kids in y’all prayers as we continue trying to heal and take life day by day. Some days are harder than others, but we’re trying. 🤍

And to the Class of 2026, congratulations to every graduate! Keep pushing, keep chasing your dreams, and make your families proud. Y’all did it❤️🎓

Forever proud to call you my son. Forever my #20.
Rest easy my baby, mama got you forever 🕊️🧡
#Forever 20#Jayway by @_daprettyone

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5 months ago

One year ago today, my whole world changed forever. 💔🧡
And if I’m being real, today was one of the hardest days I’ve had since losing my baby. I tried to stay strong, I tried to smile, but the pain hit different today. A whole year without hearing your voice, your laugh, your footsteps, your “Mama I got you.” A whole year of waking up every day trying to learn how to live with a piece of my heart missing. Je’Caryous, my baby, my #20… not a second goes by that I don’t think about you. Some days I can talk about you and smile, and some days, like today, it feels impossible to breathe through it. I miss everything about you. Your energy, your jokes, your love for football, the way you loved your siblings, the way you could light up every room you walked into. You were truly one of a kind. Respectful, funny, talented, loving… just special. Everybody who knew you felt your presence.
People keep saying “stay strong,” but they don’t understand that losing a child changes you forever. There’s no getting over this. There’s no “moving on.” I’m just learning how to carry this pain while still trying to live. Some days I do okay, and some days I completely fall apart. Today, I fell apart. And that’s okay because a mother’s love never stops, not even after death.
I still replay every memory in my head. Every touchdown. Every hug. Every late-night conversation. Every moment I got to be your mama. I thank God for every second I had with you, even though it will never feel like enough. You gave me a love so deep that even death can’t take it away.I hope you know how loved you still are down here. Your name is spoken every single day. Your friends, your brothers, your family — everybody still rides for you so hard. Forever #20. Forever The Jay Way. Forever my baby. 🧡Today hurt more than I can explain, but I’ll keep going for you. I’ll keep saying your name. I’ll keep making sure your legacy lives on. And no matter how much time passes, I will always be your mama first.

I miss you so much, son. More than words could ever explain.Until we meet again… it’s forever done your way. 🧡🕊️ #Forever20 #TheJayWay by @_daprettyone

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5 months ago

Today is my birthday, and my heart is carrying so much. Last year I spent my birthday in the hospital, holding on to hope and praying for more time. This year looks different, but the ache is still there. More than anything, I wish I could see your text pop up telling me “Happy Birthday moms.”That’s the part that hurts the most knowing some things can never be the same.
I’m trying to celebrate, to smile, and to be grateful for another year… but a piece of me will always be missing. Today I honor every memory, every laugh, every moment we shared. My heart is full of love, grief, and everything in between.

Happy Birthday to me — carrying you with me always. 🧡 #Forever20#Foreverhim🧡 by @_daprettyone

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5 months ago

Stepping out and trying to enjoy life again hasn’t been easy for me… not at all. Ever since my baby left, a piece of me been missing, and I still wake up hurting, still broken. But this weekend in Miami… I can honestly say I had a good time 🥹I almost didn’t go. I was like “nooo” the whole time, but I’m so thankful for my friend who pushed me to come anyway. I needed that more than I even realized.Coming back and getting on here, seeing all the love, the messages, and hearing how happy y’all are to see me trying… it really touched me. Just know I’m trying. I’m taking it one step, one moment at a time.
This little getaway was nice, and I’m glad I went. I know my baby smiling, happy that I got out and lived a little 🕊️🧡Thank you to everybody who’s been showing me love… please keep the prayers coming, I really need them. Next month is coming, and I’m not ready.

But I’m trying… and that’s enough for now.

See y’all soon again,
#Forever20#Foreverhisway🧡#healingenergy
#stillbeautiful#miamiflorida 🌴🧡 by @_daprettyone

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I’m going to be stepping away from social media as the new year comes in.
The only reason I’ve stayed on here this long is because of football. Watching the games, supporting the boys, and seeing my son’s name, number, and love for the game still live on made me feel close to him. Football has been my connection, my comfort, and sometimes the only thing that got me through certain days.

But the truth is, I’m tired. My heart is heavy, and healing requires more than scrolling and holding myself together in public. Everyday life already reminds me of my son in everything I do, and being on social media only adds another layer of hurt that I need to step away from.

This isn’t easy, and it’s not goodbye forever. It’s me choosing to focus on me, my grief, and learning how to live with this loss one day at a time. I appreciate all the love, support, and prayers more than y’all know. Please continue to keep me and my family lifted as I take this time for myself.

Forever my son. Forever #20. 🧡🫶🏽 by @_daprettyone

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