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Re: I dare you to not cry

Dillon Thomas — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:53:56 -0000

May he rest in peace.

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ernst dirksen — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:05:43 -0000

All the more poignent as death takes a young life. Yes, tears fall. A child's death is the most harrowing and prompts us to look at ourselves and reach for spiritual fulfilment.
Ernst

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Tim — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:07:01 -0000

Thanks for linking. It stole two hours of my night, but it was worth it. It reminded me again, as a father of a young child, how lucky I am and how precious life is.

I remember what you went through with your mom last year as well.

Peace,
Tim

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Deb — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 08:16:44 -0000

That was incredibly powerful. I sat here crying my eyes out. Life can be so sad at times, and I felt so deeply for this family, as they exposed themselves so honestly in these pictures.

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tamar — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:42:00 -0000

Renee C. Byer did much more than that. She chronicled the boy's life for what appears to be more than a year.

Some of these photos (there are a lot more -- in color this time) are just heartbreaking.

http://www.sacbee.com/stati...
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Dave — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:31:38 -0000

Thank you.

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laura — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:20:25 -0000

Thanks for posting the link. For such a sad time, it's inspiring to see a mother's unwavering devotion to her son. In this day, we don't hear enough about all the good and love and nurturing parents do. I'm extremely sorry for their loss.

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quack — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:53:36 -0000

As with Paul Fabretti, words fail me. Very moving set of photos. *wipes away the tears*

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Alan — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:50:26 -0000

Very sad.

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paulfabretti — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:53:27 -0000

Words fail me. As gut-wrenching a piece of work as I have ever seen.

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Anthony Papillion — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:20:31 -0000

Having gone through a very similar thing with my mom, all I can say is "wow".

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Kim Klaver — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:33:34 -0000

Thanks for this fab post...I added the photo and song she sang to her son the last day - in case it might add to the experience...

Here:

http://kimklaverblogs.blogs...

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aaron tersteeg — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:39:54 -0000

Love is watching someone die. I just hope that when it comes my time I'm lucky enough to have people around me as devoted as Cyndie.
http://www.avalen.com/movab...

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Josh Morgan — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:52:30 -0000

I urge you all the read the complete series of articles. Incredible writing.

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John C. Welch — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:31:54 -0000

Death is a part of life, and just like not all lives are easy, not all deaths are easy either.

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mike3k — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:14:48 -0000

I saw it last night (via Metafilter) and I couldn't stop crying.

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wandless — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:09:52 -0000

That was so sad, I'm in tears! Thanks for the link. It was really powerful.

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Rebecca — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:20:07 -0000

I sit here tonight and know that I am on the verge of another trip to see a critically/chronically ill child and my heart breaks for that mother. Thank you for this. I could use a hug myself. Hug Maryamie. Dang that was heartwrenching to view.

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Christopher Coulter — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:45:29 -0000

Yeah, she's a local celebrity of sorts...saw her on trivia nights at Streets of London.

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P. G. — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:40:57 -0000

Congrats to Renée!

I have always been a big fan of The Sacramento Bee!

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Robert Scoble — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:28:16 -0000

Joe: I can't even imagine. It's one of my greatest fears of bringing another life into the world. I have written about things of the heart before, though. When my mom died last year I wrote about that. That post is here. http://scobleizer.com/2006/...

Re: I dare you to not cry

Robert Scoble — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:25:08 -0000

Ahh, Goebbels has a heart. :-)

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Joe Tao — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:24:10 -0000

Pretty amazing. I wasn't prepared to go there emotionally tonight having suffered this loss myself. Didn't realize this was something you would make room for on your blog. kudos!

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Goebbels — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:17:47 -0000

Aww, you really do need that hug.