In Loving Memory...
A Memorial for All Who Have Died Struggling with Self-Injury
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At the rising of the sun and at its going down,
We remember them.
At the blowing of the wind and in the chill of Winter,
We remember them.
At the opening of buds and in the rebirth of Spring,
We remember them.
At the blueness of the skies and in the warmth of Summer,
We remember them.
At the rustling of leaves and the beauty of Autumn,
We remember them.
At the beginning of the year and when it ends,
We remember them.
As long as we live, they too will live;
for they are now a part of us, as we remember them.
When we are weary and in need of strength,
We remember them.
When we are lost and sick at heart,
We remember them.
When we have joys we yearn to share,
We remember them.
When we have decisions that are difficult to make,
We remember them
When we have achievements that are based on theirs,
We remember them.
As long as we live, they too shall live,
for they are a part of us, as we remember them.
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| Angel M. | Jon Hoagge | Amber |
| June 22 1988 - October 26 2003 Well, Id say that you introduced me to many, many, MANY things in life. You and your friends. But you wished to protect me. You didnt want me to be like you. Little did you know, that by you taking your life, you just made it worse. Today, i am a photographer and i take care of myself. I try to not hurt myself anymore. Thank you for being my best friend and you will remain my best friend. Especially when my cousin abused of me, you protected me. Thank you so much and R.I.P. | I have known you and your brother since i was in first grade. You were a junior with a great girlfriend. We all love and miss you. When i drive by the tot lot, i will always think of you. I hope your doing ok. | She was a wonderful friend.. that lost her life to SI, Bipolar and Borderline Personality Disorder.... My heart aches every time i see her picture, she was someone who changed my life in ways i cant express. She is one of the people i give credit to for me still being alive. i miss the time we spent together. holding each other through the night and hard times.... i will never forget our time together. |
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| Natalie | Brendan Laughlin | Tammy |
| 09-25-90 - 3-14-06 girl you were beautiful, even though you didnt believe it, you were the most beautiful thing that ever happened to me. i hope you finally got the anwsers you were searching for. | July 6, 1987 - April 7, 2003 You were my best friend for so long, and then one day you were gone. Just like that without a warning. What kind of friend does that make me?? There is something else that I never told you, or anyone else for that matter, and it eats at me everyday. I loved you--I still do. I guess I am just another example of "if you love some one, tell them before it's too late b/c you never know when it's the last time you'll see them." I loved you then, I love you now, I will love you always. I miss you so much. --me | 12.07.83 - 29.09.99 It still hurts, even all this time on. I wish that you had let me in; I wanted to help. But I can also understand your reasons. Please don't look down on me with the same hatred and loathing that I initially felt for you. I love you. And you'll always be in my thoughts. |
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| Prudence "Prue" Stevens | Alex P | Tanya Sindeband |
| October 2, 1988 - August 18, 2001 Prue, I'm sorry that I wasn't there enough for you, I wish I could change that. You will always be in my heart and in my memories. | April 15, 2001 We may not have been best friends, but I miss you even now. I am very sorry that you didn't find what you were looking for on this earth, and it hurts to know that there was nobody you could go to in the end. Even now, I think about you and my heart hurts because I miss you so much. We all do. I know that things were bad and you needed rest... I never blamed you. Going to school that day and not seeing you at your locker was one of the worst things I have gone through. Know that we miss you, and love you. You touched all of us with your warm heart and laughter. I hope you find happiness in whatever is to come. | 1979 - September 1, 2002 I met you many years ago through a sibling and felt like part of your family for a short while, but didn't keep in touch... You were such a sweet, warm and kind child. I thought of you as a little sister, although I never said so. Today, over three and a half years after God decided to embrace you in his arms, I found out. I'm sorry I didn't say goodbye. I hope my present tears will suffice... |
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| Christel Lee Woodrich | jennifer | Dan |
| 29-09-87 - 28-01-06 You are now free from the pain that found you. Though you have left us much pain, we all understand what drove you the very vrink. I'm sorry I couldnt be there for you when the time came. I need you so much now but i hope you have found some peace ~3~ | she cut herself to death one night. | march 20 2003 Even though it has been almost 3 years I still think about you all the time. I have never stopped missing you and wishing for one more minute to tell you how much I loved you. What I wouldn't give for one more hug... I love you. So much. |
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| Andrea | J | Ian |
| 7/9/1990 - 11/12/2005 I know now how she felt.. If I could have seen, or realized what she went through, I never would have said or done anything. Why does death make us see our mistakes; make us wise? Never tell a cutter that they are wrong, or say, "You don't know what pains like!" Pain is still pain whether you fall and scrape your knee, or your palm. It still hurts. So we find ways of coping. Don't ever tell some one that they are wrong. Rather try to HELP them. Putting them in a hospitol is NOT helping. Why can't you see that? | 5/1/1985 - 2/6/2006 it's my fault. you only tried to help, but it was my fault. why? because i taught you how. i promised that after this, i would never SI again. i broke that. it was to much, just to hard. im sorry. you'll never know how much you helped me, how im still alive because you saved me. but i took your love for granted, and soon after, it was gone. you always told me you'd be the first to go. you said you'd rather die in my place. that went to your head. i love you. i miss you. i need you. but that's not going to bring you back. i wonder why im left here with no one but my plateado friend. i cant SI anymore. i won't. for you, for you. | May 13 1990 - May 13 2001 dear ian. i miss you soo much. i will always love you and i WILL see you again someday soon. i promise that to you. peace, love. |
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| Minx | ben | Kaitlyn Michelle Rori |
| 13.07.84 - 30.04.98 Dominique, A beautiful broken angel, who I hope won't be remembered as such. Who I want to be remembered as that smiling girl in the photograph, who danced as if she had no cares in the world. Whose arms were not covered in scars and track marks, and who's skin had not turned yellow from alcohol abuse. I want to hurt all those who hurt you, so so much. I want them to feel the lonliness that you felt, for so many years of your young life. I want them to know that we won't forget like you tried to. It is eight years ago today that you finally gave up. And I didn't sleep last night for thinking about you. I am ashamed to admit that our loss in you didn't teach me much about myself, and I hope that you can forgive me as you look down on me. I love you Minx. And I want you to know that we all still talk about you, we don't let the memories of those last terrible months distance us from you. And today, 8 years on, we are holding a small service of our own for you. Not religious, as I know that is not what you'd want... how could anyone who experienced what you did want that. Quo cunabula ad sepulchrum , omnis Volo est vos | 1-10-1988 - 1-1-2006 i love you ben you were my one true love i miss and love you 4 ever | 4/22/90 - 4/10/2005 Daddy loves you and I always have. Your mother kept you away from me for so long and just when we started to know each other ,you ended your life. I know you were scared being pregnant at 15, but I would have helped you God knows I would 've. I wish you would have come to live with me and Lauren. I love you ,and I miss you .I don't know what you would have named your baby but I would be a proud grandpa, even though I am about to turn 33. I miss you ........ |
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| Erich and Aaron | Danny Boy | Fiona |
I'm sorry that the two of you had to go through so much pain alone. I wish I could have done more to help you guys while you were still alive. I needed you guys to help me through so much but when you needed me, I didn't know that you had even thought about suicide until you did it. Aaron, you will always be like a father to me and Jana still loves you. We both love and miss you. Erich, I wish I could have done more for you. I wish I could have been there that night to catch you before you let yourself drop. You were like a brother to me and I will never let our memories die. We finally got enough money together to pay for your service though it took us a few weeks, I'm sorry your parents wouldn't pay and we had to raise the money ourselves. To both of you, rest in peace knowing that all of us still here love and miss you more than ever. I go to both of your graves though not everyone does anymore. Even if I leave Arizona I'll never forget to come back on your anniversaries and visit. I love both of you with all that I am and miss you more than anything. Please continue to watch out for me and keep me safe in my times of need. | 8-12-88 - 12-114-05 we are still thinking about you every day and it is still heard to deal with losing you. I miss you and I am still trying to deal with it. i love you still. R.I.P. | 9/27/88 - 5/17/06 When I met her, I knew she was different. We were both the same, those distorted M&Ms you get in the bottom of the bag that always taste the sweetest. She saw me through my darkest moments. She saved my life when I was on the edge. And now the only thing I can do to repay her is say a few nice words to send her off and to remember her for what she was: Loved. So I thought, instead of talking about how we all loved her, I would tell you all what she loved instead. She loved to dance. She was always dancing, even when she walked. It was funny how clutzy she could be when she was trying something new. She loved cheesy horror movies. She would cry at the end when the bad guy was defeated. She loved Star Trek reruns. Any ones would do. She was so jealous when I went to Star Trek the experience. She loved sunflower seeds. But she wouldn't eat them, she would suck the salt out and spit them out whole. She loved helping people. She was always there when we needed her. And in some way, she always will be. She loved learning new things. She would devour books, eat up knowledge, all of that. She never feigned ignorance. And she was never haughty about being intelligent. She loved music. Not the cheesy pop songs about sex we all hear on the radio. No, she loved jazz, and the blues. She wanted to move to New Orleans just for the music. She loved the late summer evenings. Mostly because her birthday was in September. She loved to eat ice cream straight out of the carton. I remember, they let us have an ice cream party for Mother's Day, and she went straight for the mint chocolate chip, eating it right from the container. She loved the way people could expand her horizons. The way I told her about Led Zeppelin. The way Rachel taught her all about ancient Rome. The way Jacquie taught her yoga. She loved her family. Period. She would take a bullet for any of them. She would do anything for her parents, for her sisters, for her nephew. She loved them more than anything else. She loved the costumes I would doodle. She always wanted me to make her one. So, as a last goodbye, I did. She loved me. And I will always love her. She was taken from us by depression, her life stolen by her disease. She will be missed. She will be loved. She will always be with us. Amen. |
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| Jody Drew | Mark Andrew Plant | *Kati |
| ?/?/88 - /07/2005 Jody Drew was a very loving guy but one who was very lost. He was my cousins best friend and Jody was going threw alot in his life and he took his own life by hanging himself. He was only seventeen years old and his parents were the ones who found him and are always going to be devastated. My cousin was there that day and blames himself for having to go to work and finding out while he was there that Jody commited suicide. We are lighting this candle in his memory and for my cousin Daniel who means so much to us may this candle be a sing of his stength and in hopes that he is in a better place. he will live forever in our memories and the memories of his loved ones, daniel and the drew family. may he rest in peace at last. | August 3rd 1983 - April 18th 2006 10:27pm I didn't know You long, but I knew You long enough to love You... in my own way at least.. I know I wasn't always truthful and if You're looking down on me now, You'll know that... but I never lied about my feelings.. not that it matters now... I just hope You're in a happier place.... I love You Jing xxxx | 12 18 87 - 11 7 03 my beautiful angel....i love and miss you more than words could ever fathom. 3 years later and i still cant believe you hung yourself so gracefully...:( you are embedded in my heart and i will never forget you. |
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| Cheryl Lynn Keck |
| 4/26/58 - 5/27/2006 To my best friend...I miss you...your laugh....your compassion...your insight....I know you are with Christ and at peace. I look forward to seeing you again in Paradise. |
Credits
Poem, 'We Remember Them,' from the New Union Prayer Book for the Days of Awe. Author Unknown. Idea for 'In Loving Memory,' inspired by Something Fishy Website on Eating Disorders
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