"In that place with no coordinate on anyone’s map but mine, the energy of our shared particles still dancing between us. The meeting point between the mundane and the divine. The place where Jimmy will find me whenever I let that last breath go."
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It's impossible to describe the body blow of hearing 'There are no more treatments to try' spoken about your 21-yr-old son...yet as poet Andrea Gibson wrote just before her death, happiness really is easier to find once you realize you don’t have forever to find it.
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Puzzle of sky blue pieces with one piece missing
"Twelve years on, my brain has finally come to terms with the reality of his death, yet even now I struggle to make sense of it. The here replaced with the no longer. The symmetry of our family forever gone. The missing piece I have tried so hard to find."
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"This week has been difficult
for no particular reason.
Well, that's not true–
my children are dead.
That's the reason."
~ Liane Cooper
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"Gone child. Ghost child. My beloved boy.
Talk to me. Tell me where the dead go.
Visit me. Break bread with me. I'll make you what you love.
Crab cakes & chocolate chip cookies. I'll even let you lick the spoon ..."
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My husband and I both got tattoos in honor of our amazing son, Noah. He was always so loving and happy, and he would want us to stay positive.
The SE Victory tattoo is a tribute to his gaming family Smokeless Empire.
~Melissa Griffin
💚 Noah Skylar Lear, 7/13/99 - 3/16/16
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There is much more to my story and if you are interested in engaging, you can find me on Substack @ Liane Cooper.
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This art was designed by a very talented friend of ours. We also used this design on her gravestone & have many prints we've given to friends & family. The daisies are a reminder of the community that loves her & holds us.
She remains the brightest to me–ever present & never far from my mind or soul.
The absence of her weighs more than all the gemstones in the world combined.
We've chosen to permanently mark our bodies so that those around us can see even just a glimmer of her light.
In the case of my most precious gem, she can't be seen--at least, not in the way we long for her to be.
My feeble attempts at making her known will always fall short of the magnitude of her value and depth.
Even so, I must try.
My daughter's name is Jemma.
Jemma means "precious gem."
Gemstones are formed in the dark and brought into the light where we can witness their beauty.
The thing is, their beauty remains–whether or not they are seen.
This is a photo of the Post-it Notes I have kept since Rory was a little boy. I had one traced to remind me every morning of his love. He was my only child & died in his sleep 4 yrs ago from a genetic heart defect we never knew about. I look at it all the time.
❤️ S x
~Sharryn
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Each element of the sleeve will be a canvas of memories, a heartfelt dedication that echoes his spirit and the bond we shared. He will forever be our number 16 ❤️
~ Andrew McKinnon Foundation #Forever15
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Andrew wasn’t just my son; he was my hero as well as my favourite football player. Before this, I never had a tattoo. He always said he was going to get a full sleeve when he was old enough. This tattoo is the first of a full sleeve that will be entirely dedicated to him.
My son Andrew valiantly battled heart disease from a young age, enduring 2 defibrillator implant surgeries & died on the football pitch at just 15. A committed player for Salvesen Community Football Club & devoted Hearts fan, his love for football was his defining attribute.
Nicole didn’t think about being beautiful or free. She just was.
~ Kim Peacock
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She loved freely, gave of herself freely and had a beautiful free spirit. Now, in Heaven she is truly free of the confines of this world.
“Butterflies can’t see their wings. They can’t see how truly beautiful they are, but everyone else can. People are like that as well.” – Naya Rivera
When our daughter Nicole was killed in an accident right after Christmas 1998, it was a loss so deep I believed I wouldn't survive. The event caused me to feel like a prisoner in my pain. Trapped. But when I thought about Nicole’s life & how free she was, I became determined to follow her example.
This was my brother Anthony's signature. I got it on his birthday, one month after he passed away. The blackbird represents the song, Blackbird, which my mom always says was "his song".
~Lana
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My second showcases the magic Mason believed that dream catchers hold with a photo of his eye in looking out. A knowing that he is with me still and is watching over me.
My third is a portrait of Mason's to have with me always.
~ Melissa Stasiak
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Mason & I had been talking about getting our 1st tattoos together. When he was killed in a car accident at 20 in April 2019, I knew I would follow thru for him.
My 1st tattoo, done just a few months later, states the reality of my feelings with his "wings around my heart.”
My daughter and I got matching tattoos. This is my son’s fingerprint (blown up) and his actual writing. The artist made a stencil from Pike’s handwriting and traced it.
~ Mica Refit Dallas
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It makes me laugh and tugs at my heart ❤️
~Sharryn
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I had some of the message from the last card I had from Rory tattooed onto my arms.
On one side, he thanks me for being the best mum ever. The other side where he panics because he bought the wrong card and once home just scores it out to be mother’s day instead of birthday.
My husband Nate's dad died suddenly & unexpectedly at 60 on August 7, 2017. Nate got this tattoo in honor of his family crest which means "for the king." His family is Irish. We were able to find the crest that matched his family's.
~Aja Oakman-Mahaffey
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I chose the music note for his love of music and the blue rose for him.
Angel wings for my angel, Carson.
~ Tatum Price
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My son Carson passed away aged 13 on the 12th April 2019. He is my first son!
The song lyrics "I'll be living one life for the two of us" gave me hope as I know he would want me to keep living and keep him alive with me!
... his soul will stay with me forever. And this is my reminder that he will never truly leave me.
~ @alymel91
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I never thought I'd be brave enough to get a tattoo & I never thought I'd be brave enough to live without my big brother.
Together forever, always watching out for his baby sister. Two skullconuts, one for me & one for Rudy, though he's no longer here in the physical world ..
the image of my three children is from a memory full of joy and hope and love and no worries of whether or not there would be a future and it transports me back into those feelings as alien as they feel now after losing him.
~ alix mellis-brown
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