Light a candle

Light a candle for those we mourn.

Into a new life they will be born.

Do not look for them at the gravesite.

They are somewhere else radiating their beautiful light.

They have gone to a new world where there is no darkness, no pain.

Their light and essence will always remain.

Light a candle for those who have left this mortal place.

They are free to travel through time and space.

When we think of them, they are near.

When we sit in a beautiful garden. Their voice we hear.

When we listen to a devine symphony,

We close our eyes, their faces we see.

Light a candle for they have not really gone.

With each flickering flame, in your hearts they will always belong.

Love you my darling boy Addison......              

                                    OUR ADDISON

This memorial website was created in the memory of our beautiful little boy, Addison Short who was born in Australia on February 08, 2002 and passed away on June 25, 2004 at the age of 2 1/2

Addison died suddenly in his sleep, there was no warning, no reason to believe that our son would go to sleep and not wake up.  We were so pleased and honoured that our beautiful and dearest Addison selected us to be his parents.  He was loved and cherished by all, never wasting a minute of his gifted and precious brief life.  The day before he went with the Angels to Heaven, he was determined to master another achievement by riding the big 3-wheeler bike.  He fell off many times, but as always, insisted on picking himself up unassisted.  What a wonderful smile he had on his magnificent and radiant little face when he triumphed!

Addison was always spontaneous with his love and affection, there were no reservations.  He is forever an inspiration to all of us, when we reflect on how he accomplished so many challenges in his short life, whilst singing (in tune) "Bob the Builder" and "Thomas the Tank Engine.

Addison has touched many people in his fleeting walk in life, and 'all' who have been affected will always remember and cherish their love for him, by caressing and carrying him forever in their hearts.



Togetherness

Death is nothing at all - I have only slipped away into the next room,
whatever we were to each other, that we are still.
Call me by my old familiar name, speak to me in the easy way which you always used; laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together.

Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.  Let my name be the household word that it always was.  Let it be spoken without effort.  Life means all that it ever meant.  It is the same as it ever was; there is absolutely unbroken continuity.

Why should I be out of your mind because I am out of your sight?
I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near just around the corner.  All is well.

Nothing is past; nothing is lost.  One brief moment and all will be as before - only better, infinitely happier and forever we will all be one together with Christ.


Do not cry for my abscence feel close and still talk to me
I will love you from Heaven as I have loved you on earth

GRIEF LIST

1  I WISH YOU WOULD NOT BE AFRAID TO SPEAK MY LOVED ONES NAME.  THEY LIVED AND WERE IMPORTANT AND I NEED TO HEAR THEIR NAME.

2. IF I CRY OR GET EMOTIONAL IF WE TALK ABOUT MY LOVED ONE, I WISH YOU KNEW THAT IT ISN'T BECAUSE YOU HAVE HURT ME, THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE DIED HAS CAUSED MY TEARS. YOU HAVE ALLOWED ME TO CRY AND I THANK YOU, CRYING AND EMOTIONAL OUTBURSTS ARE HEALING.

3. I WISH YOU WOULDN'T LET MY LOVED ONE DIE AGAIN BY REMOVING FROM YOUR HOME THEIR ARTWORK, PICTURES OR ANY OTHER REMEMBERANCES.

4. I WILL HAVE EMOTIONAL HIGHS AND LOWS, UPS AND DOWNS. I WISH YOU WOULDNT THINK THAT IF I HAVE A GOOD DAY MY GRIEF IS OVER, OR THAT IF I HAVE A BAD DAY I NEED PSYCHIATRIC COUNSELLING.The DEATH OF A CHILD IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER LOSSES

5. I WISH YOU KNEW THAT AND MUST BE VIEWED SEPARATELY. IT IS THE ULTIMATE TRAGEDY AND I WISH YOU WOULDN'T COMPARE IT TO A LOSS OF A PARENT, SPOUSE OR PET.

6. BEING A BEREAVED PARENT IS NOT CONTAGIOUS, SO I WISH YOU WOULDN'T STAY AWAY FROM ME.

7. I WISH YOU KNEW ALL THE CRAZY REACTIONS THAT I AM HAVING ARE IN FACT VERY NORMAL.  DEPRESSION, ANGER, FRUSTRATION AND HOPLESSNESS AND THE QUESTIONING OF VALUES AND BELIEFS ARE TO BE EXPECTED FOLLOWING A DEATH.

8. I WISH YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT MY GRIEF TO BE OVER IN 6 MONTHS. THE FIRST FEW YEARS ARE GOING TO BE EXCEEDINGLY TRAUMATIC FOR US. AS WITH ALCOHOLICS, I WILL NEVER BE 'CURED' OR A 'FORMERLY BEREAVED' , BUT FOREVER BE 'RECOVERING' FROM MY BEREAVEMENT.

9. OUR LOVED ONE'S BIRTHDAY, THE ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR DEATH AND THE HOLIDAYS ARE A TERRIBLE TIME FOR US. I WISH YOU COULD TELL US YOUR THINKING ABOUT THEM ON THESE DAYS AND IF WE GET QUIET AND WITHDRAWN, JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE THINKING  OF THEM AND DON'T TRY TO COERCE US INTO BEING CHEERFUL.

10. I WISH YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT GRIEF CHANGES PEOPLE. I AM NOT THE SAME PERSON I WAS BEFORE MY LOVED ONE DIED AND I WILL NEVER BE THAT PERSON AGAIN. IF I KEEP YOU WAITING FOR ME TO GET BACK TO 'MY OLD SELF' YOU WILL STAY FRUSTRATED, I AM A NEW PERSON WITH NEW THOUGHTS, DREAMS, ASPIRATIONS , VALUES AND BELIEFS.

PLEASE TRY TO GET TO KNOW THE NEW ME, MAYBE YOU WILL STILL LIKE ME.

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Visit some of Addison's angels friends 

http://cooper-eason.memory-of.com
http://hunter-vongphrachanh.memory-of.com 
http://patrick-clarke.memory -of.com 
http://devon-dupont.memory-of.com
http://jordan-taffe.memory-of.com
http://laura-porter.memory-of.com
http://raegan-bryant.memory-of.com
http://tyler-smith.memory-of.com
http://heather-bates.memory-of.com
http://siobhan-bryantmiller.memory-of.com
http://autumn-miller.memory-of.com
http://michael-miller.memory-of.com
http://gerald-miller.memory-of.com
http://joshua-blakeway.memory-of.com

GOD BLESS THEM ALL AND THEIR FAMILIES.............



Addison's  Angel  Family

Grandpa Gerard

Uncle Michael

Nanna Smith (Short)

Tully

Neil Davis (Nelly)

IN HEAVENS GARDEN

If Roses grow in heaven
Lord pick a bunch for me
Place them in my sons arms
and tell him there from me.
Tell him I love him and miss him
and when he  turns to smile
place a kiss upon his cheek
and hold him for a while,
because remembering him is easy
we do it every day.
But there is an ache within our hearts
that will never go away.


FOREVER LOVED  DARLING ADDISON 
LOVE MUMMY  XXXXX