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Them

Time travel me back.
Let me say good-bye again.
A minute more,
a moment,
a chance to see . . .

Sarah Crossan, "Moonrise"

We miss you. We miss your smile. We miss your laugh. We miss you being on this planet with us — every single moment of every day.

Estelle

We put you in the ground … but I see you in the stars.

Rebecca

We love you and know we will be together one day.

Judy

Until we meet again, my grumpy old man. You are forever in my heart.💚

Jessica

It is my hope and dream that, as we heal our wounds, we become kinder and more loving. Let it begin with me.

Iris Bolton

Grief has no calendar; our soul feels her absence as deeply today as when we first lost her tender embrace.

Unknown

Much loved. Much missed. Forever in our hearts.

Susan Auerbach

Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.

Leonard Cohen

I was forever changed when you came into my life, and forever changed again when you left.

Alice

Our conversations are different now, but they continue. I miss you much, but can still feel your love.

SJR

As much as I miss you, I’m thankful for what you taught me while you were here, and what you’re continuing to teach me now that you’re gone.

Holly Riordan

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 11:28

Son, wherever you are, my love will find you. Missing you dearly.

Mom

No One Else Can Play Your Part.

Wendy Wenger

Go ahead, Son. Go home to Heaven.

Mom

He loved everyone.

Staci

Right now, my beautiful boy is walking through the Pearly Gates of Heaven. He is walking straight up to Saint Peter with an extended hand and saying: Hi! My name is Pat.

Steve Shannon

You are so so incredibly missed, and so loved, my boy.

Tiffany

He was first to be there with a warm hug, a smile, or some off-the-wall joke or one-liner that would instantly raise our spirits. That’s who my son was.

Steve

This world was never meant for
One as beautiful as you.

Don McLean

We are witnesses to your life, which shall be shared and not forgotten.

Amy

Such a beautiful soul

Heather

My son knew I could survive his loss. I miss him, cherishing every moment and memory. I love him enough to let him go and be at rest, free from his pain.

His Mom

Time is too slow for those who wait, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, Time is Eternity.

Henry van Dyke

I will remember you till my mind no longer thinks. I will tell everyone I come to know about you. Your life and your story.

Ruth

You are my soulmate, my best friend, and my forever after.

LeAnn

We will always remember the great father, son, and big brother you were. Rest in peace.

Mom

Missed & Loved Beyond Words.

Michelle

Despite tremendous adversity, you persevered and achieved so many of your dreams. Now, your struggles are over. Rest easy, my baby girl. Fly high and know that I will always love you.

Mom

Your absence has gone through me like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color.

WS Merwin

You spent your life trying to save others. My regret is that I couldn’t save you.

Mom

A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, to achieve anything worthwhile, a person should attempt even those things that may turn out to be impossible.

Robert Browning

Love never dies.

Dad

You have the most beautiful heart I will ever know.

Omayma

We may not know how to find light in darkness, but it can be found; it can be created, if we are committed to the light.

Rabbi Baruch HaLevi

The winds of healing sift through the windows. Where pain and sorrow once thrived, refreshing peace now lives. The threads between are a tapestry of shared wounds and holy moments.

Iris Bolton

He is a special light!

Deb

I was still the boy on your shoulders, and when you disappeared, I fell.

Mat

Go in peace, my beautiful nephew. 

Theresa

I could not follow you to Viet Nam. I cannot follow you now. Although at times I want to. … I will pick up your missions of P.O.W. and M.I.A. And help honor you. I wish you would have stayed.

Sharon, Your Loving Sis

Mom will always love you ♥️

Forever

Your light shines brightly.

Patty

I have never loved someone so much, nor grieved their loss so much. You were my everything.

Johnny

Something that is loved is never lost.

Toni Morrison

Your girls love and miss u so much.

Tiffany

We love you infinitely and miss you beyond measure. May you rest in peace! ❤️ Watch over your babies!

Sarah

I love you, Hunny Bunny.

Scott

I’m grateful for the time we shared.

Julie

Your life and death won’t be without meaning. … If even one life can be saved from telling our story, then the ripples of your legacy, your life and even your loss will be without end.

Deborah Greene

Let no one forget. Let nothing be forgotten.

Olga Berggolts

The fierce, never-ending love that I feel for my son is the very thing that sustains me every day.

Betsy4

I am forever broken by your departure from this world.

Janis

You will be loved and remembered.❤️

Ruby

Love you. Long Time ❤️

To sit with her is to sit in the Autumn sunlight.

Virginia Woolf

Death takes the body. God takes the soul.

Kelly Treehouse

Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.

Henry Scott-Holland

You gave us memories too beautiful to forget.

Terry

Your memory is my keepsake,
with which we’ll never part.
God has you in his keeping,
I have you in my heart.

Bonnie Dodd

I will forever be your sunshine and you will forever be in my heart ♥

Christine

I have passed the mountain peak. My soul is soaring in the firmament of complete and unbounded freedom. I am in comfort. I am in peace.

Kahlil Gibran

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Reinhold Niebuhr

I will be forever grateful to have been your mom. I will spend the rest of my life honoring you and trying to be more like the amazing person you were. Till I see you again! I love you, my boy!

Shelia

I’m gonna love you till my heart stops beating.

Carol McCoy

You are the love of my life and I miss you more than words could ever say. Thank you for all you did for me and for loving me.

J.A.

Your love and your smile lit up my world…

Carola

I know my father would be proud of me. I am proud that I carry a part of him inside of me and see him in the gentleness of my children.

Anonymous

I pray that God cradles you in his arms while you rest in eternal peace.

Mom

I love & miss you so much, Daddy! ❤️

Kaytee

The legacy of love and life that he and I shared together is so much bigger than his death. His life meant – and means so much more than that moment in time where it ended.

In Shock

You always put everyone else before yourself and thought you could fix everyone, but you forgot about yourself.

Mom

You missed my high school graduation, my wedding, my first Corvette (which you would have loved), and so many other milestones. I miss you.

DLL

Your wings were ready, but my heart was not.

Broken Hearted Forever

He was a smart and loving individual who always looked after the ones he loved. … He was a leader, a problem solver, a broken angel, and one of a kind. 

Polo PTB

Peace be with you, beautiful son and brother.

Kari

My Beloved Master Luke! You are my forever son, and I am your forever father.

Dad

We have been greatly blessed for having known him and for having loved him. God rest his beautiful soul forever.

Luella

To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.

Thomas Campbell

It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.

John Steinbeck

I love you so much and will continue on your legacy. Keep sending me signs. 🦋

Madeline

I love you. I always will. I wish you more peace and comfort than anyone could ever imagine.

Anon

I thought of you today
I thought about you yesterday and days before that too.
I think of you in silence,
I often speak your name.

Unknown

We miss you beyond words!

Traces

We love you so much, & pray you are happy & at peace.❤️

Mom & Dad

You are the love that came without warning. And in those very moments I realized that you could be homesick for a person.

Edgar Allen Poe

You never said goodbye.

Suzanne and Paul

You were who I aspire to be. Now I’ll carry on for both of us.

Tom

Although your music stopped, the melody softly lingers.

Anon

But tell me, did the wind sweep you off your feet? Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day and head back to the Milky Way?

Train

I love you fiercely, forever.

Mom

Forever in my heart

Carol