Adam Eatmon

Submitted by: Katherine Eatmon
Born: 1993
Died: 2020
My Tribute: Adam was born on May 26, 1993. From the start he was bright, inquisitive.,energetic, sensitive & creative with a heart full of loving kindness & bright blue eyes. I called him my “Baby Blue Eyes.” I married when Adam was 5, & my husband adopted him.Unfortunately my husband died suddenly when Adam was 11 & the experience caused him tremendous heartbreak and trauma.He lost almost all joy in his life.He refused help & turned to drugs in high school 1st weed, then pills, then heroin & finally fentanyl.At 18 he admitted it to me & we began the roller coaster of detoxes & rehabs. I refused to kick him out & in between his highs and lows we spent many good loving times together. The last words he said to me were,”I love you so much, Mommy! You are the best mom in the universe.Thank you for sticking by me.I promise you tomorrow will be better.” I found him the next morning dead from a fentanyl overdose. He was 27. His sister & I laid his ashes to rest in the ocean off Oak Island, NC.