Benjamin Henry Ryan's Page

Welcome to Benjamin Henry Ryan's Web Page. It has been provided to keep our family and friends updated about our little one.

Sarah put together two family albums with Daddy's help for all to see. Please click below to go to our online albums.

Ofoto Site for the first album
Ofoto Site for the second album
Ofoto Site for the third album
Ofoto Site for Ben's album


MY DAD HAS ADDED CAPTIONS TO MY OFOTO PICTURES. GRANDMA AND GRANDPA RYAN SAID HE DID A GREAT JOB.

Benjamin Henry Ryan

Born: 3/29/2004 at 5:48 PM

Weight: 5 pounds,6 &3/4 ounces Length: 19 & 1/2 inches

3/29/04 - 4/01/04
Benjamin, you will live in our hearts forever!!!!!!
Love, Mom and Dad

Those we have held
in our arms
for a little while,
we hold in our hearts
forever.

Journal

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 6:56 PM CDT

Hi….

A few weeks before Ben was born, Mike wanted to get another Mastiff puppy. At that time, we only had one – Sam. I told him that I wanted to wait a couple more months. I wanted to wait until we had Ben and had a routine established a couple months after his birth.

Well, as you know, we never got the chance to bring Ben home. A few days after we buried him, I told Mike that maybe it wasn’t a bad idea to get another puppy after all, seeing how there was no “new routine” to settle into. It was our hope that another puppy would bring some much-needed joy into our house.

Almost exactly a month after Ben’s passing, Mike and I drove down to Montello, Wisconsin and brought Luma home. She lived up to our expectations and then a lot more. She was just what we needed at the time.

When Luma was two and a half years old, she had some medical challenges. After surgery, she was never the same again, physically. But her will to live was strong. She continued to bless our family with her gentle and loving ways for another two and a half years.

A few weeks ago, Luma was diagnosed with lymphoma. Today… Just a few days short of Ben’s 5th birthday, Luma passed on to the next world.

Luma will continue to live on in our hearts. If Ben had not passed away, we would have gotten another Mastiff puppy eventually, it just wouldn’t have been Luma. Because of Ben’s passing, we were blessed with Luma. Now, I like to believe that she’s now playing with our Ben.

As always, thank you for checking in on us. We’re hanging in there.

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A dear friend, upon hearing the sad news, said, "Wow! Ben got a dog for his 5th birthday!! And not just any dog, he got Luma!" Thank you for putting things that way, we never thought of it like that.
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Love,
The Ryan Clan

Luma
3/13/04 – 3/25-09

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