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    Jeremy
    Jeremy
    Jeremy
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    Jeremy

    By Margaret J Ralston

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    Jeremy is a poignant and heartfelt tribute by Margaret J. Ralston to her brother, whose life was marked by struggle, passion, and tragedy. This compelling memoir unravels the story of Jeremy, a talented actor who faced immense challenges, including a lifelong battle with depression. Through his journey, readers are invited to experience the high

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAmazon Writing & Publishers
    Release dateDec 13, 2024
    ISBN9781965615225
    Jeremy
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    Margaret J Ralston

    The author, a devoted mother of four, grandmother of eight, and great-grandmother of one, has dedicated her life to caring for others through her work in healthcare. Inspired by the love for her brother Jeremy, she penned this heartfelt memoir as a tribute to his life and struggles. Her writing seeks to celebrate his memory while shedding light on the challenges of mental health and the enduring strength of familial love.

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      Jeremy - Margaret J Ralston

      INTRODUCTION

      Our family started back in the early 1940s. Jeremy Elliott Applegate was born Paul Andrew Boyce in San Jose California. Jeremy was the youngest child in the family and my brother David was the oldest. David was born in 1943 and Jeremy in 1965, so we covered a wide range of ages. There were eleven kids in our family. Jeremy left home at a young age and lived with other family members off and on until finally, he went missing for sixteen years. We never saw him again. We all thought he was working and making it big in Hollywood. I did not hear about his death until the time my mother was dying, when a family member looked Jeremy up on a website and we learned of his suicide. I was totally devastated; it was like a bad dream and I just wanted to wake up and find out it wasn't true.

      Jeremy always wanted to be an actor. He appeared in numerous television shows and movies but just in small parts. His biggest break was in the movie Heathers, in which he played the part of an editor working on the school paper.

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      He never really made it big. Most days he was depressed, and he frequently failed to show up for auditions. As part of his therapy, the doctors told him to avoid contact with his family. The medications he was taking made him paranoid. Jeremy was in and out of mental hospitals for years. We are still trying to find out the details of his medical troubles.

      I decided to write this book as a memorial to my beloved brother. To show Jeremy how much I loved him, how much I miss him - and how much I wish I could have been a bigger part of his life.

      - Peggy Ralston

      CHAPTER ONE.

      CHILDHOOD

      Jeremy Applegate's birth name was Paul Andrew Boyce. He was born August 29, 1965, in San Jose, California, and was named after Paul McCartney. He was the last-born child in a family with five brothers and four sisters. Paul was born with the bilabial cord wrapped around his neck and he could easily have died. He had blond hair and blue eyes. He was a beautiful baby, but our mother did not want another child. Mother didn't care for or want children. Back in those days, birth control was unheard of. Mother bore a child every two years, so she must have been pregnant thirteen times.

      When Paul was brought home from the hospital, it was up to his brothers and sisters to care for him. As a baby, Mother would leave him alone for hours crying. I couldn't stand it ... so every night one of us would sneak in his room and bring him to sleep with us. Mother would scream, Get the baby down here now! No one wanted to answer her, we were afraid.

      Then the next day, we would have to go to school hated to leave Paul with our mother. She frequently left little Paul alone many times during the day. Once, my oldest brother David had a job interview, so he took Paul with him. We all took turns taking care of the baby wherever we could- except when we were in school and couldn't take Paul with us.

      When I would come home from school, Paul would still be in his crib screaming and sobbing, sopping wet and lying in a soaked sheet. I don't remember that our mother ever changed his diapers. God but we just hated the way she treated Paul! That poor baby would bang his head on the crib so hard that the bars were coming loose. Mother would yell, Paul stop that! We would find bruises and red marks on his body as well as very bad diaper rash. This went on for years until he was able to walk.

      Jeremy: Memories of an Actor

      One day when I came home from school calling for Paul, he was nowhere in sight. I was terribly worried because I couldn’t find him anywhere. So, I went looking from room to room — until I finally found him sleeping under my sister’s bed. He was terrified of Mother and had been hiding there under the bed until he fell asleep. One day, I saw Mother slap Paul terribly hard, but he did not cry. So, she just kept slapping him on the face. She said, Why don’t you cry, Paul? — you must like being slapped ...

      But he would not cry. His face was so red that she left her hand marks on his face from slapping so hard. She raised her hand to slap him again, but my sister Rosemary blocked her hand and said, Stop it — he’s just a baby! Mother turned to my sister with that devil look in her eyes, raised her foot, and kicked Rosemary in the crotch, bringing her to her knees. It was so painful that I had to help Rosemary stand up.

      Mother even made Paul save his urine in large glass containers in his closet. We never knew what that was all about.

      My brothers and I had to do all the grocery shopping. We took Paul with us to protect him and try to keep him safe.

      Mother would talk to herself and then answer back too — just as if there was someone else in the room. She never wanted Paul. Mother told everyone that he was an accident, a change of a life child. Paul needed a real Mother; he needed love. He needed clothing and food that was not rotten and discarded. Paul never had what a normal family should have provided. None of us ever had those things. My brothers and sisters tried their best, but we were just kids ourselves. It was as if we were trying to be adults but were trapped in children’s bodies — and fighting so hard to get out. All of us kids took turns dressing Paul and buying clothes for him.

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      In the summertime, we would take Paul to the beach. He would go everywhere with us as if he was our own child.

      When my brother and I took him visiting friends, they thought he was my son.

      ***

      My father is a kind and gentle man; he never knew that Paul was being abused. He did what he could to provide

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