Ashton's LegacyPictures: Grieving and Grandchildren – Ashton's Legacy https://www.ashtonslegacy.com Grieving with God's Guidance Sun, 09 Jun 2024 20:15:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 67378594 Pictures: Grieving and Grandchildren https://www.ashtonslegacy.com/pictures-grieving-and-grandchildren/ https://www.ashtonslegacy.com/pictures-grieving-and-grandchildren/#comments Sun, 08 Feb 2015 21:28:46 +0000 Carter & Faye http://ashtonslegacy.com/?p=486 I started out just wanting to post pictures here of the things we did as a family on Ashton’s Angel Day on January 28, 2014, but I realized that most of these pictures have our grandchildren in them. We chose to do most of these things with our grandchildren in mind. We wanted to especially include them and hope that they could learn something from participating in this day with us. It turned out to be the best thing we could have done. We hope that they will remember how they felt and how it made others feel. We wanted them to learn these things:

Grieving with those you love, makes it more bearable.

We can still help others even when we are grieving.

We can still have fun while we’re grieving.

Serving others makes grief less painful.

We talk about hard things.

“Set aside your grief and use your strength for another’s good.”

On a day where we thought we would be doing the giving, we were also on the receiving end. Enjoy our day in pictures!

Carter delivering to Betty Goodman

Little Carter delivering to Betty Goodman

 

David delivering to Summer Thompson and son.

David delivering to Summer Thompson and her son, Shane.

 

The plate we delivered remembering their loved one.

The plate we delivered remembering their loved one. This one was delivered to our niece, Jamie Sue Thayer, remembering her little Kenadee.

 

Given to us by Uncle Nelson & Aunt Lori to open on this day. It was a hit and so fun for the everyone to explore!

Given to us by Uncle Nelson & Aunt Lori to open on this day. It was a hit and so fun for the everyone to explore!

 

Exploring all the Sunshine!

Exploring all the Sunshine!

 

 

It's actually a BIG box!

It’s actually a BIG box!

 

 

Prayer Flag made by our neighbor, Joy, for that day.

Prayer Flag made just for that day by our friend and neighbor, Joy. Thanks Joy! We love you!

 

 

Our Baconator Lunch!

Candace, Hannah and Carter at our Baconator Lunch!

 

Father and Son statue given to Carter by Emily Merrill. Love you Emily!

Father and Son statue given to Carter by Emily Merrill. Love you Emily!

 

Willow Tree Statue

Beautiful Willow Tree statue from Emily Merrill

 

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Flowers delivered anonymously that day. Thank you, whoever you are!!

 

An Angel for Ashton, delivered that day, made by Ruth Fry. Thank you Ruth... it is beautiful!!

An Angel for Ashton made by Ruth Fry. Thank you Ruth… it is absolutely beautiful!!

 

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We now have our very own personal tribe of Fiji water bottles. About a month before Ashton’s Angel Day, we started receiving a Fiji water bottle at our door every night. At first it was just the bottle, which was fun! Fiji water is our favorite now! Then they started coming dressed up.  Super fun!!

 

Many bottles were decorated to look like our family members.

We learned later that many bottles were decorated to look like our family members! The Daley family came to visit us on the 28th to reveal that they were the ones who delivered these to us. It was a fun month of Fiji water bottle deliveries.  Thank you Daley family… we love you. Thanks for remembering us and giving us our “daily” giggle!!!

 

This is my favorite one! Can you guess who it is?

This is our favorite one, delivered on Ashton’s Angel Day! Can you guess who it is? We won’t be drinking these. They are keepers!!

 

Written and posted by Faye

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