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Vinnie D´Adamo
June 6, 2025
Hey Ryan
I have a favor to ask- my best friend just passed after a three year battle with cancer. I went to add it to my calendar so I could remember every year on June 5th. That´s when I realized you both passed away on June 5th.
Her name is Kelli.
She was already an angel.
I told her to look for you.
I miss you both.
It´s really hard to keep a smile today, but it makes me feel better knowing that she can finally get to know you.
Like your mom, she only had one child. A son. I promised her I would look after him. And I´ll call your dad later.
I hope that one day we´ll all be reunited.
I miss you,
Vinnie.
DAD
June 5, 2025
Dear Ryan...my son
Hard to believe and understand 20 years. It is now 2025 and life is still very difficult for me. At least, I know that Mom is at peace and has been with you for the last 2 years. I miss you both so much. You were and are the best son any man could have asked for and wished for. Please take care of mom, I know you will. WITH ALL THE LOVE A FATHER COULD HAVE FOR HIS SON......Dad....everyone misses you and LOVES you
June 4, 2025
Dear Ry...Twenty years since you passed. It seems unbelievable and yet seems as if it was yesterday. This world is cruel, deteriorating, filled with historic events on repeat and so on. Yet this horrific place earth gave us you with all of your love and spunk. And gave us your mom, my sister. Frank floats with his loving memories of your mom and being your dad.
so looking forward to us being together again.
Love eternal
Rest peacefully and joyously
Uncle John and Ag
September 13, 2024
Dear Ry, It is 48 Years you were born on September 14th. The dry beautiful air is just as it was the day you were born. The landscape and global world is so very different. We are grateful you are safe and with your precious mom. Your dad is so very much missing you both.
We look forward to being closer to you guys. We wrap ourselves with memories as it is a warm comforting blanket. Love is enduring and increases with time.
Rest joyously and peacefully,
Ag and Uncle John
Love eternal
Vinnie
June 5, 2024
Hey Ry
I can´t believe it´s been 19 years.
I recently took my niece to tour the University of Delaware. It was a rush of memories. Do you remember the time we went to the frat party over past Perkins? Sigma Nu... I think. We were BRAND new there. And you were talking to a girl and I didn´t know you were lying about your age and I told her you were 17. You and I had our first fight and I was so upset. I actually thought we´d never overcome that but of course we did. Your dad calls us the "Odd Couple" and I think that´s pretty perfect.
I miss you terribly.
I wish I could just pick up the phone and call you and ask you if you remember these cherished memories.
Please give mommy a hug that´s bigger than a big bus!
I love you,
Vinnie.
Ag and Uncle John
June 4, 2024
Ry, it will be 19 years that you moved up. Now You are with your mom. Dancing to the oldies and singing together. Your Dad is raw, missing his family. Please, together you and Mom send Frank your love and support. His mission in life was to care and love you, his son, and your mom.
I continue to hear you even with your humor. Your guidance and wit sustain me.
Hold my sweet precious sister and Frank. Until we connect on the other side, I remain love.
Love eternal
Rest peacefully and joyously
Vinnie Dadamo
September 14, 2023
Ry
It´s not just on certain dates I think of you. I think of you all the time. Your infectious smile, and the way you brightened up our world will never be forgotten. It was hard to hear through the telephone just how heartbroken your sweet mom had been. Sometimes people use the cliché that someone is "in a better place" which is very rarely consoling. Even though I know it leaves many missing her- but there´s a great deal of solace in knowing she was finally reunited with her beloved son.
I´m at peace knowing she´s with you.
I miss you,
Vinnie.
September 13, 2023
Dear Ry,
The time here is moving very fast and yet not at all. Mourning your mom cannot be characterized in any of my words. You are well aware of your Dad's heart and all of our hearts still on this side. 47 years ago, the skies were blue with a few white clouds, a little breezy with a delightful chill and all of nature appeared green and happy. That was the day you came to us. we can only look forward to rejoining you and mom and all our loving souls.
I hold onto that thought.
Rest peacefully and joyously,
Aunt Ag and Uncle John.
Vinnie
June 5, 2023
Hi Ryan,
I was talking to your dad and it made me so sad to know your mom got sick and had to leave. It was heartbreaking to know that Frank is now without you, but also now without his wife. She was the best mom. I´ll never forget her big beautiful beaming smile (I know you got yours from her). She was always so warm and kind to me. Both your parents were always going out of their way to make me feel like an extension of your family. Normally, when someone dies, there isn´t anything good to say or feel. But with your mom, I really truly believe she needed to be reunited with you. She was just never the same after she lost you. You were her love, her light and in many ways you were everything to her. I promise you that I´ll keep in touch with your dad. He is also comforted in knowing that you and your mom are finally together again. I can only imagine what a big hug that was... probably bigger than a big bus!!
I think of you all the time and all my friends know about you and how we were like "the odd couple" but we somehow managed to make it work and have a blast! Those memories are getting older each day but sometimes they´re so vivid it feels like it was only yesterday.
I miss you
Vinnie.
Aunt Agi and Uncle John
June 4, 2023
Dear Ryan,
The landscape on this plane has drastically been altered. Just as you on June 5th 2005 changed this plane, your sweet, gentle mom has joined you. So now , you and mom together will lovingly watch over your Dad. Just as the rest of us here will do. We are at a loss for words..as we mourn your mom and yet at the same time breathe relief for the cessation of her physical pain. emotional and spiritual pain Hold each other, soothe each other and know the love.
loving you eternally..
Love eternal
Rest peacefully and joyously
Aunt Ag and Uncle John
September 14, 2022
Dear Ryan,
Here we are once again
Your birthday arrives
We reminisce about a fine man
A remarkable nephew that you are
And a mansion preparer for our souls.
Love eternal
Rest peacefully and joyously Ryan.
john protomastro
June 5, 2022
Hey Ry,
missing you, loving you, remembering you ,associating you with music, movies, foods, games and the endless possibilities of every day living.
We are getting closer...........
Rest, play and enjoy where you are,
Ag and Uncle John
Vinnie
June 5, 2022
Hey Ry,
The clock keeps ticking
The calendar keeps turning
The years pass quickly
But none of that erases the memories I have
Memories I hold in my heart
Memories that make me smile, and sometimes even make me laugh out loud.
I feel like every time I come to write to you that I was just thinking about you. It could be a coincidence. Personally think it´s because you are always on my mind.
I miss you more than words could ever express.
-Vinnie
Aunt Ag and Uncle John
September 13, 2021
Dear Ry
Happy forty fifth birthday with all the angels. Hugs and kisses from us to you! Missing you so very much.
Love eternal
Rest peacefully and joyously, Ryan.
Aunt Ag and Uncle John
June 5, 2021
Dear Ryan,
Be patient
Be joyous
Be happy
Be you.
We'll be comin' up over the hill
And it'll be a permanent visit.
Just waitin' for our angel dates.
Love eternal,
Rest peacefully and joyously.
mom and dad
June 5, 2021
Ryan....Their are not enough words or tears to let you know how much you are missed....We were so blessed to have you in our lives....Our hearts shall always beat as one.... love eternal mom and dad
Vinnie Dadamo
September 14, 2020
Ryan,
I was driving on the expressway today and realized that it’s your birthday.
I played the entire Licensed to Ill album... and cranked it up!
People were looking at me.
I think they either thought I was crazy- or they wanted to be in my car instead.
I only wish that you could have been there with me. I think of you all the time.
I miss you.
Vinnie.
Vinnie Dadamo
September 14, 2020
Hey Ry
Thought of you today
Driving in the car played the entire Licensed to Ill album and cranked it up.
People were looking at me like I was crazy... or maybe they wanted to be in my car.
I only wish you could have been there with me.
I think of you all the time.
I miss you.
Vinnie.
Vinnie D’Adamo
September 14, 2020
Ryan
I think of you all the time and I know you are up there somewhere.
They tore down the old Dickenson dorms but they’ll never take away the memories. Every year around this time I think of you- not only because it’s your birthday but also because I remember starting our freshman year with you in that tiny room.
Those are still some of the best memories of my life.
I played the entire “Licensed to Ill” album while I was driving today and cranked it up. I think people thought I was crazy- but maybe some of them wished they were in my car. I sure wish you could have been there.
I miss you. But I’ll never forget you.
Vinnie.
Vinnie D’Adamo
September 14, 2020
Ryan
I think of you all the time and I know you are up there somewhere.
They tore down the old Dickenson dorms but they’ll never take away the memories. Every year around this time I think of you- not only because it’s your birthday but also because I remember starting our freshman year with you in that tiny room.
Those are still some of the best memories of my life.
I played the entire “Licensed to Ill” album while I was driving today and cranked it up. I think people thought I was crazy- but maybe some of them wished they were in my car. I sure wish you could have been there.
I miss you. But I’ll never forget you.
Vinnie.
September 14, 2020
Dear Ry,
Happy Birthday....Still not understanding how life zooms so quickly and yet stands stills, emotions are truly misunderstood. Another year rolls by without you here. Yet another year brings us closer to where you are. We feel you and hear you , always in our hearts, in our souls. Your laugh remains vibrant within us as does the memory of your hugs so full of love and joy. We thank you for your memories, awaiting the next plane of renewed contact. You always remain "our boy".
Rest peacefully and joyously,
Ag and Uncle John
Aunt Ag and Uncle John
June 5, 2020
Dear Ry
We come again to your angel date. Hardly believe its been fifteen years. We celebrate this transition and we wait for ours.
Constantly remembering
Your legacy unending
A heart is guided
By the light inside it
It beats along through thick and thin
And just keeps a wanderin'
Until it comes to a heart so true
Remembering and celebrating the touching love of you.
Love eternal
Rest peacefully and joyously
frank bell
June 5, 2020
missing you today and always loving you forever our precious son love mom and dad
Vinnie Dadamo
September 15, 2019
Happy Birthday, Ryan.
I'm so lucky that I got to meet you and sharing 80 square feet of living space with you was an awesome adventure I will never forget.
You were taken away from everyone.
We had no choice but to accept it and try our best to move on.
But it's days like today when I just can't stop thinking about you.
You were truly one of a kind.
I miss you.
I think I'm gonna go tomorrow and try to find some grape MD 20/20.
You'll never be forgotten.
Vinnie.
September 14, 2019
Dear Ry,
Today is the day of your birth, 43 years ago. The day was sunny, breezy, crisp and gloriously happy.
A remarkable treasure of time, as were the years we had you here with us. Time is all that separates us all.
They say there is no time where you are...you stay the same approximate age of when you are the most vibrant and healthy.
We await our next opportunity of time with you. We age here and look forward to reunions. For those not on the physical plane, time and aging does not exist. Part of the "heavenly" life. Life continues for all of us. Our energy not destroyed, , our essence eternal. Such things to look forward to.
Uncle John and I treasure the next point in time that awaits us with you.
Ag and Uncle John
Aunt Ag and Uncle John
September 14, 2019
Dear Ryan
Love you
Kiss you
Miss you
Have a happy birthday in Heaven
Love eternal
Rest peacefully and joyously
frank bell
September 14, 2019
happy heavenly birthday
you are our heart beat yesterday today and tomorrow
Rest in Peace
love you for all eternity
mom and dad
RIP Ryan
Maxine Heller
June 6, 2019
Aunt Ag and Uncle John
June 5, 2019
Dear Sweet Ry,
Your outstretched hands pulling our ships from hurricane seas
Pulling us into glorious light
Our battered emotions relieved, surrounded by love.
See you on the other side Ry.
Love eternal
Rest peacefully and joyously
susan bell
June 5, 2019
Dearest Ryan,
Our hearts are filled with such love and compassion for you. You made our lives worth living. Your soul merged into ours. We love and miss you for all eternity.
Rest in peace ...our beautiful child
LOVE Mom and Dad
Vinnie DAdamo
June 1, 2019
Hey Ryan.
Sometimes people say that losing someone gets easier with time. Although I know that theyre referring to the healing process of our hearts but Im sitting here writing this and I feel like I miss you more than ever. I wish I could just have an hour with you. We only lived together for a year but we packed it full of memories. My only hope is that wherever you are, that one day I will get to see you again. I miss you, Ry.
Vinnie.
Aunt Ag and Uncle John
September 14, 2018
Dear Ryan,
Another heartfelt, heavenly birthday. Our family misses you immensely. Do you eavesdrop on us with that twinkle in your eye? That's a bet I,m sure I,ll win.
Love eternal
Rest peacefully and joyously
mom and dad
September 14, 2018
happy birthday in heaven...Ryan, you will always be our eternal heartbeat
loving you bigger than a big bus....mom and dad
Maxine Heller
August 29, 2018
Can't believe it has been this long since I met your mom and dad at a compassionate friends meeting. It was so emotional. My son Adam passed away a few months earlier. You and Adam are at the same place. Hope you both are RIP
susan bell
June 9, 2018
Our Child....
Our hearts shattered
Our world crumbled
Our love remains forever
Love eternal
Mom and Dad
Adam Sherlock
June 7, 2018
Always in our hearts
Always on our minds
And it will never stop
Until the end of time
We'll see you once again
With your great big toothy grin
And when we meet again
We'll toast a glass of gin
Love you Ryan. I know we'll toast with some Bourbon (Jack) but it didn't rhyme with grin, so I improvised. I know you forgive me! I can't believe it's been 13 years since your passing. At times I close my eyes and relive a moment and it's like you are right there, in front of me, as long as I keep my eyes closed. (I keep my eyes closed a lot). Rest in peace my friend.
Vincent D'Adamo
June 6, 2018
Ryan-
I look at photos of you with that smile and feel a huge mix of emotions. I feel happy because a computer randomly selected you to be my freshman year roommate but I feel more sad than happy because I know I'll never get to see you again. I hope that you're up there somewhere and that eventually one day we'll be reunited. Until then, I'll always be thinking of you and missing you along with everyone else who knew you.
Vinnie.
June 5, 2018
Dear Ryan,
It is difficult to believe 13 years have passed since you embarked on your journey. It continues to be a long and winding road. Many twists and turns of heartache and brief heart joys.
We can only look forward to the end of the long winding road to be with you again. So grateful for spirituality and the inner knowledge of where you are, where we will be too.
Love eternal, says Uncle John
Until, Says aggie, my dreams nightly and daily
Aunt Ag and Uncle John
September 14, 2017
Dear Ry
And you wait for boats...
Forty one years ago
You came and said hello.
Bringing smiles and joy
Wherever you went.
Like a boat coming in
From a faraway place
Like a shot of sunshine
Across my face.
Curls of dark hair
And twinkling eyes
A laugh so sweet
Brings the sunrise.
Now a heavenly sunrise
Shines on another place
And you wait for boats coming in.
Love eternal
Rest joyously and peacefully
Adam Sherlock
June 6, 2017
Ryan,
Although it has been 12 years, there are still things that happen in my life every day that will trigger me to zone out and play over in my brain like a movie the things that you said and did. Every one of them brings a smile to my face and I sincerely hope that it never stops. One day we'll laugh and smile together. Rest peacefully, my friend.
June 5, 2017
Dear Ryan,
June 5th. The day the pain slammed us. It does not feel that 12 years have passed as we continue to try to learn how to live without you here.
We remain steadfast, holding securely onto your spirit, the joy of loving and knowing you. The inner knowledge that you continue to exist and we will be reunited helps to sustain us through. We wander emotionally through this time, but spiritually are anchored to your memory and the continuing life forces we experience of you.
Smiles and warm embraces, laughter and love. It has been said that time lessens the pain. Not true, not true.
Until the next song, a kiss from the wind on our cheek, a dream, a feeling of your nearness...
We love you so...
Aggie and Uncle John
Mom and Dad
June 5, 2017
There once was this loving little boy that stole our hearts. We chose to let him keep it forever....
Rest in peace our beautiful child....
Loving you yesterday, today and all of our tomorrows....
Mom and Dad
Michael Jordan
June 5, 2017
Dear Ryan,
Love you and miss you a lot.
MJ
Aunt Ag and Uncle John
September 14, 2016
Dear Ryan
Happy 40th birthday in Heaven
You`re loved and missed so much.
Love eternal
Rest peacefully and joyously
September 14, 2016
Our Child....
You will always be the best part of our story...
Our Child....
Loving You Bigger Than A Big Bus
Mom and Dad
Mom and Dad
June 8, 2016
My child.....
Forever....
Our eternal heartbeat....
Forever.....
Loving you bigger than a big bus,
Mom and Dad
Rest in peace Ryan...
Vincent Dadamo
June 6, 2016
Ryan, we are all thinking of you today and all the time. It was my sister who reminded me this afternoon of today's date. She and her boyfriend back in 1994 loved meeting you in our tiny little room 201 in Dickinson D. You pulled out the mic, and customized a rap for her. You had us all cracking up!! Luckily it was really easy for you to find a lot of rhymes for Gina! After that night, whenever she asked about my roommate, it was (and still is) "Rappin' Ryan". We miss you, and we will never forget you.
-Vinnie.
Michael Jordan
June 5, 2016
Dear Ryan,
While it is always challenging for all of us on your Angel Day, I want you to know that you will always be in our thoughts and always be in our hearts. Miss you brother.
Aunt Ag and Uncle John
June 5, 2016
Dear Ry, we miss you so much
A Sea Of Dreams...
A sea of dreams passes over my bed
And gently detours through my head
You`re on a sun-drenched sandy shore
And to your right floats an open door
The light that shines through
Takes over my view
And I can't see you.
Finally there appears a wave of your hand
Back and forth across this sandy land
A greeting from the other side
It fills me like a spring tide
And brings a surging wealth of emotion
But your voice quells this lovely commotion.
"Dream on, dream on Uncle John
You'll be with me
And all the family
Be patient and wait
There's more on the other side of this gate
It's an inevitable date
And most of all
Eternity's great."
Love eternal
Rest peacefully and joyously Ryan
Adam Sherlock
June 4, 2016
Ryan, you are missed more than you can possibly know. There are people all around the country that have you in their thoughts as we approach your angel day. Although the super six has been scattered across the land and our get togethers have grown sparse, one thing unites us all, and that is your memory. You will never be forgotten and we will remember and honor you until the day eventually comes when we join you for eternity.
Uncle John
January 7, 2016
Dear Ry
WHO SHINES SO BRIGHT
As the Earth revolves around the sun
I think of the other one
Who shines so bright
And warms my heart
Whose smile disarms from the start
Whose soul stands out
Like a trusty scout
And shows the way to a heavenly route.
Who shines so bright?
On a cold winter`s day
And makes it feel like the middle of May?
My nephew, of course
Whose closer to the Source.
Who shines so bright?
As we start a new year
Whose golden mansion is built without fear?
It`s Ryan, of course
As he ties up his horse
Outside that little cantina
Can`t wait to meetcha!
Love eternal
Rest peacefully and joyously Ry
Aunt Ag and Uncle John
September 14, 2015
Dear Ry
THIS WIND
Abandoned buildings waiting for life
Waiting for a comforting slice.
Gale force winds blowing through
And sailing past memories of you.
Pull that wind with your angel wings
Make it sail past topsy turvy things.
You`ve staked your claim up above
And saved a space for those you love.
This wind a gift from our Ry
An eternal blessing, it never dies.
Its cool and refreshing
While it`s warm and caressing.
This wind flows through so many souls
And lessons their heavy-ton loads.
It comes to us with no catch 22
It just recycles, it just renews.
This wind heats up chilly dawns
And evaporates teary lawns
So the dew can rise
And replenish the skies.
And clouds blow away
To face another day.
This wind, this Ry, this special guy!
Happy Birthday Ryan
Love eternal
Rest peacefully and joyously
Mom and Dad
September 14, 2015
Dear Ryan,
Happy 39th Birthday in heaven. Dad and I can't believe that another year has gone by and you are not here to celebrate. We miss you so much. We truly were blessed to have a son like you. We always will remember you and all the things that you taught us. Your sense of humor, a little bit dry at times, kept us smiling always. Your devotion, your sensitivity and your love will always be with us. Your truly are our heartbeat. You always made us proud. Rest in peace...sweet child of ours.
LOVING YOU BIGGER THAN A BIG BUS
Love, Mom and Dad
Adam Sherlock
June 5, 2015
The days pass, one by one, marching along like soldiers carrying out an order they would rather not heed.
The seasons inevitably change and the world dies every winter and is reborn each spring.
People fall in love, get married and have children.
Time slips away from us all unknowingly.
Ten years may be a blip on the cosmic scale, but a lot has changed in the past ten years - some for the good, and some for the better.
The only constant has been that you, Ryan, have not been here, in body, to experience it with us, although you have undoubtedly been here in spirit. Not a day has passed in the past ten years where I have not stopped what I was doing and thought about you. Every time I call my son's first and middle names it evokes memories of you, an angel on his shoulder.
I am hopeful we will be together again, my friend, one day when I get up to the Great Gig in the Sky, which I'm sure you will be right in the middle of!
We miss you and love you.
Uncle John
June 4, 2015
Dear Ry
Decades
Decades Of Wonder
Your smiling face
A breath from Heaven
Humankind`s gift
We are honored
A toddler`s wonder
A boy`s questions
A searching soul
A young man`s expectations.
Lost Decade
My ship runs aground
It lies in wait
The sun shines empty
The stars so far away
Lost in thought
A decade now
Meanings of life
Thoughts provoking
God`s gentle caressing
Many feelings of goodness and sadness.
Eternal Decades
My ship sails out
Over waves of knowledge
Clips over the light
Questions answered
Little cantinas on the edge
Radiant reunions
Magnificent mansions
Signpost ahead
Ryan Elliot Bell
Everything`s Just Swell.
Love Eternal
Rest peacefully and joyously Ryan
Aunt Ag and Uncle John
June 4, 2015
Hi Babe..
We cannot believe 10 years have gone without you here. Will always feel very raw. To where you are, we gravitate in our hearts every day. Thank you for watching over your parents and all the other souls who you have touched so eloquently. You are the best of us all.
Love you eternally.
Vinnie D'Adamo
February 19, 2015
Hi Ryan,
I just wanted to let you know that I had to go to Newark, DE yesterday and I decided to park over by Dickenson Hall. I took a walk over to "Dickenson D", and was overcome with memories and emotions. I was even able to look up and see the two windows we shared in that tiny little room 201. Then, as I was getting ready for work today I heard Wendy Williams give a "shout-out" to Wayside, NJ. I knew that had to be a sign from you. Who knew how fun getting a randomly selected roommate would be. I know that after our first year we moved on and then ended up a few doors down our senior year. I remember the last time I saw you. I decided to walk over to your house. Everyone was moving out- and I wanted to be able to say good bye. I remember we hugged it out. I know we were both overwhelmed with the idea of leaving behind probably the best 4 years of our life. And we both promised we would make sure we see each other after college. I just want you to know that I think about you all the time and keep you alive in my heart and memory. This time was different, because I felt like you were with me yesterday. And hearing Wayside NJ on the television this morning only made me know that although we can't have you here in the physical world, I know you're up there somewhere. And I know that no matter when that day will come, our promise is a promise- and I know we will see each other again. Somewhere up there over the rainbow.
I guess what I really wanted to say is just this simple- I miss you, and I will never forget you.
Your freshman college roommate,
Vinnie
[email protected]
Ag and Uncle John `
December 16, 2014
Dear Ryan
I Wish, I Wish, I Wish
I wish I had a special searchlight
And shined it at the moon,
Would it find some souls tonight
Would it be in tune.
I wish I had a special camera
To capture your smiling face,
Would the button say, "Abracadabra
Point me to this place in space."?
I wish I had a stargate
To steer my ship through,
I wonder how long I`d have to wait
Before seeing you.
I`d wear my cap of green and pink
Like I honored you that day,
I know my ship will never sink
And will always find its way.
Happy Hanukah Ry
Love Eternal
Rest peacefully and joyously
mom
November 27, 2014
To my darling boy,
I can not believe another Thanksgiving is here without you. It hurts so bad. I have such memories of you saying to me "mom the house smells so good, save me extra potatoes an the well done turkey skin". I was always so proud of you my wonderful child. You are and always will be my blessing.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!
Mom
September 14, 2014
Dear Ry,
The weather today is reminiscent of the day you were born, 38 years ago. A beautiful September day with the promise of the forthcoming fall.
That calendar day seems as if a blink away, as Uncle John and I were filled with excitement, love and awe surrounding your birth. Looking forward to the loving, sharing and watching you evolve. Those feelings continue with us still, with one huge addition, you observe us evolve. We await our reunion with you with much love and gratefulness to be with you again.
So dear Ry while this day of the 14th of September we honor you as a gift to us all, know we do so every other day of the year.
We are keenly aware of your continuing love, guidance and humor from where you are. Tottie, feel our love and honor, to your unique soul and love up with the others you are presently with.
Love to you
Uncle John and Ag
mom
September 14, 2014
Dear Ryan,
Today my beloved child is your 38th birthday. You are missed and loved so much. You are my heart, my soul, my entire being. I live on our memories and realize how truly blessed and proud I am to be your parent. What wonderful times we shared. Grief has no time table, that is for sure. I will always honor you my precious son. Rest in peace and know you are loved and missed by many.
Loving you bigger than a big bus,
Mom and Dad
Aunt Ag and Uncle John
June 5, 2014
Dear Ryan
Ryan`s Symphony
You set your example
For us wayfaring souls
So we won`t be trampled
And fall through the holes
You`re the best
Our faiths were tried
But its just a test
And God`s our guide
From stormy seas
To promised lands
From epiphanies
And clasping hands
We`re still connected
But in a different dimension
Never neglected
Wasn`t God`s intention
Laughter and joy
Love and harmony
That`s our boy
It`s Ryan`s symphony.
Love eternal
Rest peacefully and joyously.
mom
June 5, 2014
Dear Ryan
Nine years ago the worst day of our lives. You left us and went to heaven. You are missed more than words can ever say. We are so blessed to say that you, our beloved son are the best child any parent could ever have. We had it all, you. A wonderful kind, caring and loving humanbeing. Rest in peace our angel.
We will be going to the cemetery today to see you and sending up a balloon.
Until we meet again............
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!!!
Mom and Dad
mom
May 11, 2014
Dear Ryan
Dad and I will be at the cemetery this morning. i want to thank you on this mothers day for giving me the honor of being your mom. You, my beloved son are my heart and soul and shall ever remain that.
Rest in peace my beautiful boy.
Till eternity and beyond.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!
mom
mom
April 14, 2014
Dear Ryan
We miss and love you so much. There just is not any meaning to holidays without you,
Rest in peace my precious boy
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!
Mom
mom
February 20, 2014
Dear Ryan,
I still can not believe that you have passed away. I miss you so very much, with every
breath that I take. Love you my beloved son. Rest in peace.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!
Mom
mom
January 1, 2014
My beloved son,
You are missed and loved so very much. Have a great 2014 in heaven with all of the other angels. You my son are my heart and my soul. Rest in peace. Till we meet again...............
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!!
Mom
mom
December 2, 2013
Dear Ryan
23years ago today you,dad and I got married. It was so great. We became a real family, filled with an abundance of love and happiness. We were the perfect fit and it will always be the three of us. Rest in peace our beloved son.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mom and Dad
mom
November 28, 2013
Dear Ryan
Dad and I will be over to see you today. It is so very hard not having you here with us in the flesh. Thanksgiving was always one of your faves. I always saved you the skin and you always walked around the house sniffing the aroma of the dinner cooking and loving it. We love and miss you with every part of our being.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!!!!!!!!
mom and dad
mom
October 30, 2013
Dear Ryan
Dad and I will be at the cemetery tomorrow sending up a balloon for
Halloween, your favorite holiday.
I wonder what you have up your sleeve
this year for your costume. I am sure
it will be unique. Love and miss you so
very much!!!!!
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!!!
Mom
mom
October 5, 2013
Dear Ryan
Oh how you are missed. Dad and I talk about you all the time. Every night when we go to sleep we always say good night to you and tell you how much we love you. We were so blessed to have you as our son. Not many people have the relationship we shared. We truly are blessed. Love you sweet boy. Rest in peace.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mom
Aunt Ag and Uncle John
September 15, 2013
Dear Ry
Happy birthday in Heaven. Loving you, missing you. Cannot wait for that eternal day when we`re together.
Mom and Dad
September 14, 2013
Happy Birthday Ryan, We miss you so very much. You are the very best son in the whole wide world.
Love Mom and Dad
"LOVING YOU BIGGER THAN A BIG BUS"
mom
August 18, 2013
Dear Ryan
I just can not stop thinking of you. You know you are my heart. Not a day, not a moment passes that you are not with me, I love you so very much.
Rest in peace my angel.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!
Mom
mom
July 21, 2013
Dear Ryan,
I have been missing you like crazy. It seems everything I see or hear reminds me of you.
I was so blessed to have you as my son. We have an unbreakable bond that few can understand. So many wonderful memories, Dad
and I always say we had it all and in one split second it all changed. We love and miss you so very much. I am so proud of you.
Rest in peace sweet child.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!!!
Mom
July 4, 2013
Dear Ry
A Suit Of Armor...
A suit of armor `round my heart
Like a knights` protection, it serves its` part.
It puts my emotions in suspended animation
My soul in a temporary segregation.
But when this suit gets a hairline fracture
Your brilliance slips in and changes its structure.
Your beaming smile ignites my heart
And shears this suit of armor apart.
It reforms around my frightened soul
Although transparent it plugs the hole.
Your smiling eyes evaporate my guise
And my heart grows twice its beating size.
They let me play and laugh and sing
And give me faith when I`m entering
Your heavenly mansion on the edge of forever
Our hearts now one and they`ll never sever.
The child in me greets the child in you
A kind of time machine and my heart`s anew.
No suits of armor, just those of light
They seem so tranquil,so joyful,so bright!
Rest peacefully and joyously Ryan
Love eternal
mom
July 4, 2013
Dear Ryan
You are missed and loved so very much. I am constantly thinking of you, all the wonderful times that we shared. I am so blessed that you are my son. You are such a special angel. Light up the sky with your fireworks tonite just as you always lit up my life.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!
Mom
Aggie and Uncle John
June 6, 2013
Dear Ryan
The memories,the missing, the love.
These 8 long trying years. We cannot wait to see our beloved nephew.
Uncle John
June 6, 2013
Dear Ryan
Such A Way Of Things!
My mind is blocked tonight
Feels like its been in a bare-knuckled fight
Haven`t written you in quite so long
Just lost the words to my internal song
Eight June fifths have slipped through time
Can`t find words to make anything rhyme
I`ve missed the young man who made me smile
As I sit here and cry for a while.
My heart stretches and becomes unclasped
Such a way of things, I need your grasp
To make my strings tried and true
I`m eternally grateful for knowing you.
But you raise my spirit as I write you tonight
And my mind feels relieved from that bare-knuckled fight
As the sea washes over a foots` imprint
I clear my head and shake out the lint
As the spark flies from a sharpened piece of flint
My world is suddenly set in a different tint.
A radiant journey awaits all of us
Will you be picking me up in that big,big bus?
I see you made a couple of stoppies
And pulled over for Nonny and Poppy
Well, I had to make the last two lines rhyme.
O.K.,well,mind-block again.
Rest peacefully and joyously
Love eternal
Kevin Irwin
June 5, 2013
Hey ya Big Galute:
I miss you pal. I miss that smile. I miss your loyalty. I miss your style. I miss your laugh.
I just miss you.... Think of you every day... Thank you for the joy you brought to my life.....
Your bro...Kevin
mom
June 5, 2013
Dear Ryan
Another angel date, so hard to believe. Dad and I miss and love you so very much. We will never be whole again, afterall you are our heart and soul. We are so very proud to be your parents. You truly are an angel. We will be at the cemetery today sending up our annual balloon.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!!
Mom and Dad
mom
May 12, 2013
Dear Ryan
Another Mothers Day. I miss you so very much my wonderful child. I reflect back to all of the amazing memories that we shared, so many. You my child filled my life with such joy and happiness. I shall always be thankful that you are my son. There is no one better. Rest in peace.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!
Mom
mom
May 2, 2013
Dear Ryan
I am missing and loving you so much. Each day is a battle with
out you.
You, my amazing child Rest In Peace
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!!!!!
Mom
mom
March 31, 2013
Dear Ryan
I am missing you so much. It is still so very hard to believe that you have passed away. It is a question I ask myself a million times a day, WHY?
You always shall remain my heartbeat, the apple of my eye.
Rest in peace my angel.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!1
Mom
mom
March 10, 2013
Dear Ryan
There just is not enough words to tell you how much you are missed and loved. The other night I dreamt that you held me so close and we cried and cried. You were holding me so tightly. The dream seemed to last for hours. To have your arms around me was wonderful. I am so blessed you are my son.
Dad and I will be over to the cemetery later to talk with you.
Loving you bigger then a big bus!!!!!!
Mom
mom
February 17, 2013
Dear Ryan,
You are missed and loved so very much. You truly are a blessing. Dad and I will be over today to the cemetery to give you tons of love. We went on Valentines day and sent up a balloon to heaven.
Rest in peace my precious child.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!
Mom
January 26, 2013
Hi my sweet nephew ,
We love what you do with the picture frame and things on the corner of the dresser designated as yours. You continue your pranks and fun. Miss you horribly as we all do. Love you tottie, Aggie
mom
January 25, 2013
Dear Ryan
Just sitting here, remembering how we had it all. You my child gave me such joy and happiness. I live on our memories and will forever thank you for your goodness, joy and spirit. You are by far the most anazing child a parent could have. Thank you for all you have given to me. I miss and love you so much. I know I am rambling but I just have to put down in words how much you mean, and always will mean to me.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!!
Mom
mom
December 31, 2012
Well Ry, another New Year without you being here. So very hard and hurtfull. We miss and love you with all of our being. You shall always be our heartbeat my precious son.
Rest in peace and keep those other angels hoppin tonite.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!
Mom
mom
December 22, 2012
Dear Ryan
I can not sleep. Laying in bed just thinking of how much I miss and love you so I decided to write to you.
We had such a bond, it never will be broken, you truly are my heartbeat my precious son.
The memories we shared are so special.
We had it all, you, me and dad.
Such wonderful times. They will never be forgotten.
Rest in peace my angel.
Till we meet again......
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!!!
Mom
mom
December 9, 2012
Dear Ryan
Today is the worldwide candle lighting at 7 pm thru out the world for Compassionate Friends. We will be lighting our candle my sweet child. The world will be aglow for all the children that have passed. We miss you so very much. We cherish and love you with all of our hearts. You will never be forgotten. Your memory shall live forever.
Rest in peace my beloved child.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!!!!
Mom
mom
December 2, 2012
Dear Ryan
22yrs ago today you, Dad and I got married. What a wonderful day that was. What wonderful years we spent together. We, the perfect threesome.
Dad and I miss you so much. You, the perfect son, full of such life. We will be over today at the cemetery to shower you with our love.
Rest in peace my beloved son.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!!!!
Mom
mom
November 21, 2012
Dear Ryan
Another Thanksgiving that you are not here. It hurts so very much. When you sat at the table you certainly made your presence known. How you loved the smells of the food, the family surrounding you. How I love you and miss you. Thanksgiving is a day of blessing. You my child are my blessing. I will focus on Thanksgivings of the past. Dad and I will be at the cemetery. You are our heartbeat and will forever remain that way. Celebrate in heaven, rest in peace.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!!
mom
mom
November 17, 2012
Dear Ryan,
It is 5an in the morning and I am having a hard time sleeping. I keep thinking of you and all that we shared. If only it did not have to end so soon. So often I look to you for guidance and strength my precious child. There are just not enough words to tell you how much I miss and love you. Enjoy heaven to the fullest my angel. Rest in peace and always remember that I know how blessed I am to say that you are my son.
Loving You Bigger than a big bus!!!!
Mom
mom
November 4, 2012
Dear Ryan
Hello my precious child.
Dad and I are missing you so very much. I cherish the wonderful memories that we shared. You are my life and life is so very hard not having you here. Dad and I will be over soon to the cemetery for our weekly visit.
Rest in peace.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!
Mom
Uncle John
October 21, 2012
Dear Ryan
A Fiery Leaf....
A fiery leaf floating to the ground
Spinning, turning, not making a sound.
Like a happy soul carefree and content
Into our lives you were sent.
Although so brief, times quality immense
A departure not making any sense.
A wreath floats on a dark sea of green
Seen, unseen, seen, unseen
Like you Ry, I know you`re there.
Your presence we feel
We pray, we kneel.
We have to wait and seek
Some love, some patience, some heavenly tweak.
An undulant flame warm and bright
Flickers in a campfire on a cool October night.
With every second it points many ways
Unpredictable like its smokey haze.
Life`s like that and we`re never ready
But a soul`s flame is true and steady.
It glows in the mansions of the departed many
Through roads, through paths, you may take any.
Fiery leafs, floating wreaths
Undulating flames
The soul aims.
The target is love and only love
One day we`ll be free Ry and embrace above.
Love eternal
Rest peacefully and joyously Ryan.
mom
October 20, 2012
Dear Ryan
Last nite Dad and I went to the Compassionate Friends fundraiser.
I still can not believe that we are lifetime members of such an organization. So sad to be joined together by the common bond of having lost a child.
We miss and love you so very much my precious child. Tomorrow we will be at the cemetery decorating your resting place for Halloween, your favorite holiday. Oh, the many costumes you had. Your friends still talk about your
vivid imagination and how your
costumes were so amazing.
See you tomorrow my love. Rest in Peace.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!!!
Mom
mom
October 6, 2012
Dear Ryan,
It is Saturday morning and I can not stop thinking of you. I miss you so much. You enhanced my life to the fullest. You truly are my angel.
Dad and I will be at the cemetery tomorrow as we are every Sunday to bring tons of love.
Rest in peace my beloved child.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!
Mom
September 14, 2012
Dear Ry,
We are unable to fathom the speed of time that in many ways stands still. We agree the part that stands still is the aching in the heart for you sweet boy. Everyday that passes brings us closer to our reunion. We love and miss you so very much.
with all of our hearts and souls. Ag and Uncle John
mom
September 13, 2012
Dear Ryan,
Was it really 36yrs ago tomorrow?
You my child are my lifetime.
You are my heart, my soul, and my entire being.
You are the air that I breath.
The dreams that I dream.
You are on my mind every moment of everyday.
You are my blessing.
You my son are the best thing that ever happened to me.
I cherish the years that we have shared.
Our memories, our laughs, our tears.
There are not enough words to tell you how much you are missed and loved.
I adore you Ryan Elliot Bell.
I am so proud to be your mother.
Have a happy birthday in heaven.
Wait for me my precious child, we have so much more to share.
Loving you bigger than a big bus!!!!!
Mom
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