I know that no words can describe the grief of your sons passing away. I too had a son pass away and to describe the depth of it, one cannot explain.

I have never met your son nor purposely followed his career as I am old enough to be his mother. I have a son his age, actually I have six sons, including the one son who passed away. I had to literally delve into my heart, to find the reason why I mourned and grieved so deeply for your son.

I can only tell you my personal story in relation to first seeing your son and developed a great admiration for him as an actor. The Patriot was the first movie that I saw Heath. At first this movie was an historical time piece, that I treasured because my own ancestors were in the Revolutionary war and parts of the movie were located at some of those places that my ancestors stood their ground. Then, 9/11 happened and I became lost and confused. For a whole year, I grieved, prayed and watched The Patriot, I think 365 times. I was in college and I even wrote a paper extolling the part that your son portrayed. It was after that year, that I found out that Heath was from Australia and a deep admiration and respect took root in my heart and I then prayed for him. His part in this movie help me through the healing process. My sense of patriotism came to the forefront.

Since then, every time I caught him on television, I would watch and smile. It was good seeing him. Yes, I heard he made other movies yet, I only had time for studies.

My deepest condolences go out to you. I will continue to keep you in my prayers.

As a mother to Heath's mother, remember never have any regrets.

Love
Diana

P.S. I made a vow that I will make sure that his gift , talent and life will get passed down in my family respectfully. I bought many of his movies and the Roar series.