In Memory of my Son, Rob

What a gorgeous monument. *HUGS*

What a beautiful and loving tribute to your dear son. I don't know that I've ever seen a more beautiful one! I think the line at the bottom is absolutely perfect and so very true. Thank you so much for sharing the poem that it came from! The back of the stone is wonderful as well. What a great way to show just who your son was and what he loved. I commend you for putting so much of yourself into his resting place!

Hugs,
Kim

What a beautiful and loving tribute to your son. I can't imagine how hard this experience has been for you, but you are such strong people bound by such deep love. Rob is in a good place, you know this and I know this but I just can't imagine the pain you have had to endure.

I bet Rob is so happy with the stone you so thoughtfully picked out for him...and that tree, how lovely.

Peace and love to you all from my family and I.

Love,

Leslie

with a HUGE lump in my throat.
I never met Rob - only knew him thru you, Carl, Amy, and Christy.
But that is a GOREGOUS stone. I LOVE it.
It is simply amazing @ what they can do with headstones today.
I know that Rob is one of your angels now and the fact that you have collected them for years just ingrains that even more in my head.
Much love to you and the family and until I see you in a couple weeks - this will have to do - {{hugs}}

What a beautiful, wonderful tribute to your son... I am so terribly sorry for your loss. :(
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What a lovely tribute for your son.

Diana, thank you for feeling close enough to us to share this very personal decision and experience. I cannot imagine how hard the loss of Rob was for you all, but you have memorialized his life beautifully.

Logan

The stone turned out wonderful! I'm glad you deicded to put Yoda on it. I really think Rob would like it.

I'm not sure I have ever shared this song with you before, but I eveytime I hear I think of Rob.

"Who You'd Be Today" Kenny Chesney

Sunny days seem to hurt the most.
I wear the pain like a heavy coat.
I feel you everywhere I go.
I see your smile, I see your face,
I hear you laughin' in the rain.
I still can't believe you're gone.

It ain't fair: you died too young,
Like the story that had just begun,
But death tore the pages all away.
God knows how I miss you,
All the hell that I've been through,
Just knowin' no-one could take your place.
An' sometimes I wonder,
Who'd you be today?

Would you see the world? Would you chase your dreams?
Settle down with a family,
I wonder what would you name your babies?
Some days the sky's so blue,
I feel like I can talk to you,
An' I know it might sound crazy.

It ain't fair: you died too young,
Like the story that had just begun,
But death tore the pages all away.
God knows how I miss you,
All the hell that I've been through,
Just knowin' no-one could take your place.
An' sometimes I wonder,
Who you'd be today?

Today, today, today.
Today, today, today.

[Instrumental Break]

Sunny days seem to hurt the most.
I wear the pain like a heavy coat.
The only thing that gives me hope,
Is I know I'll see you again some day.

Some day, some day, some day.

Wow, what a wonderful tribute. Good job on making it so personalized and not so cookie cutter.

I Loved the poem.

*hugs* Condolences on your loss and grief.

What a beautiful, personalized stone.

You and your family are in my prayers.

What a beautiful stone!! I love the personal things you put on it, especially that line from a poem on the bottom. This is unusual here; mostly there is only a pic and a name from that person. I can feel you loved and still love your son very much; He must have been a very special young man :)

I'm with Staci-major LES.

I too never knew Rob, but it really sounds like the stone you picked out was perfect and I'm sure he thinks you and Carl did a wonderful job picking it out.

Here's some more cyber (((HUGS))) for the both of you till I see you next month and get to give them to you in person.

I think it's perfect. I feel like I got to know him just through your posts and through the stone. I think it's good that you took your time choosing what would go on it, and I think it looks beautiful. It would certainly be one I would stop and read, and Rob will live on in that way as well. The poem is very touching.

Thank you all for your nice comments and understanding. Amy, your song left me crying - good thing I'm all alone at work today. No you have never shared that song with me. I would love to hear the music that goes with it sometime.

Logan, I think that like so many others, I feel like you are all friends and family. You all shared our grief when Rob died, it seems only fitting to share other parts of him. I also chose to do this because Randi posted John's gravestone and I thought it was interesting to see the differences in even the cemetery where John is. The bush hedge that marks his gravesite is so different than anything you see here. And the fact that you can plant whatever plants you want (do I have that right, Randi?).

((((hugs))))
Diana, that is such a beautiful poem, and the headstone is perfect in every way. I've been thinking about your family & Rob the past couple weeks, I know the pain of his loss will never go away, but pray that time will soften the blow. The PT tree looks like it is happily thriving in that peaceful setting. I wish we were still close by so I could come over and hug you in person, but another cyber(((hug))) will have to do. ;)