Thank you
It is Monday morning and our house is very quiet. Ryan is napping and I sit alone in Ben’s room. The emptiness is crushing. It has been two weeks. Two weeks since I have held him, since I have talked to him, since I have kissed his sweet face. The pain is intense. Our grief is raw. His absence is all-consuming. Yet we are thankful.
We are grateful to everyone who attended Ben’s service on Saturday. Thank you for coming, for honoring our son and his life with joy. Thank you to so many of our friends, who travelled great distances to support us during this time. And a very special thanks to those of you who participated in the service, in song and in word - you were a gift to us.
And we thank all of you - our friends near and across the globe. For walking alongside us these past seventeen months. You have been constant in your encouragement, your prayers and your compassion. You have read our journal with bravery. Even though Ben passed on the 30th, for us his service symbolically began our new journey. It is a new life. A life without Ben. Perhaps at some point this darkness and new path will seem worth sharing publically, but for now it feels too difficult. Even for me.
We will use this website in the future to update you on all events or activity surrounding the Ben Towne Pediatric Research Fund. Until then, as Ben said to me in a saved voicemail, “Bye Bye! See you later…”
Signing Off,
Carin and Jeff
