We have another Richard brick.
There’s a nice little park in Frankfort, KY called Cove Spring Park. Way off in the back corner, tucked into the trees, is a beautiful memorial garden sponsored by The Compassionate Friends of Frankfort, KY. At the center of the garden is a raised round flower bed, with a statue in the middle. Paver brick surrounds the flower bed.
Many of those bricks have names. And dates. One has Richard’s name and his time on earth.
Sunday they held a brick laying ceremony and a balloon release. There are now more than 100 memorial bricks in that garden. The number of tears those bricks represent is uncountable.
After the balloons disappeared from view we enjoyed a potluck style picnic.
It was nice spending time, enjoying life, laughing and eating with others in TCF. People from all walks of life and different stages in the grief journey, that have become brothers and sisters because of a bond we never wanted to share.
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2 responses to “Another Brick on the Walk”
What a wonderful way to memoralize a child. Such a beautiful garden. I stumbled upon your page because I am seeking a resource for my crisis intervention class case study. In my case study I am trying to helping grieving parents. I lost my book and the online powerpoint for this chapter is a dead link….I sit here thinking to myself….how appropriate. How appropriate that i have no help for this paper…because If I lost my child(ren) I would throw out the proverbial book. There is nothing that can be said or done to help me, at least not at first. You and your wife have amazing strength and I admire your ability to bless others despite your pain. Sometimes I wonder if tradegy is necessary. I know that good comes from it and many are renewed and better after going through it but is it something we have to go through? Are we as humans so oblivious to beauty and simple treasures that we must have our heart ripped out to appreciate the simple things? I guess these are questions for God. Anyway, I just wanted to say I am sure Richard smiles down on you…and ill be a little easier on the moths now because Ive visited this site. Thanks
@Enjoli, Thanks for the kind words and thoughts.
Yes, those are some big questions you’ve asked. I’ve thought about them a lot in the past year and a half. Unfortunately I don’t have answers for you.
Helping grieving parents is a tough project. I admire your courage in taking that one on. Good luck with the class – and with finding answers.