Helping in our time of grief
People have been asking how they can help so I have thought of ten ways.  I am sure there are more so please don’t feel limited.  All gestures, thoughts & prayers are so very much appreciated.
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Write February 16th, Ayrie’s birthday on your calendar and call us every year.  Stay connected.  Be in our lives.  Help us remember him with joy.
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Make a donation to our family through my sister’s paypal link on the right hand side of this website or send a check to Nora Murphy, 3015 10th Ave S, Apt 1, Minneapolis, MN 55407.
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Send us frequent flier miles or plane tickets so we can come visit you.
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Send cards or emails to me & Shiya at random times throughout the year. Â We will still be grieving and needing your love and support in a week, in a month, in a year…
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Send ideas about how to honor and remember Ayrie through our thoughts, words and actions.
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Bring over food so we don’t eat cheese sticks and apple sauce for dinner every night.
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Invited us to a place in nature or in the world that we’ve never seen before.
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Send photos by mail or email that we can put in Ayrie’s memory book.
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Host a scrap booking party to help me build Ayrie’s memory book (sort of not sure how to do this!)
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Help us cherish the old memories while building new ones.
With much love,
Nora
I am truly sorry for your loss. The loss of a child of any age is something that leaves broken hearts we somehow learn to walk around with in time, or so I am told. Ayrie was surrounded by love, I can see, and brought many gifts to this earth with him. My heart goes out to you, and I am in awe of your suggestions here, they are wonderful. I will keep you in my thoughts, Lorraine (mom of Silas Bennett)
we are sending our warm regards, and standing with you to witness the coming and the going of the beautiful boy, Ayrie. If you want to visit Mother Earth for healing, come to our land for a day or an overnight. It is a special place; you will be ministered to there by the Great Mother, who comforts all mothers in their losses. call me, Mary, if you want to come there, and we’ll make arrangements. it’s 80 miles away, near the St. Croix River. 612-721-4848. In community, the Hayes Griecos.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all we are friends of your Dad and Aunts and Uncles and Have watched your boys grow thru them on thier pages and stories. I know that no words can help right now but I will keep all your family and you in my thoughts.