Craig V. Rudofski

Happy 29th Birthday Craig! With today's birthday, you've officially celebrated more birthday's in Heaven than you celebrated on Earth. I've got to be honest, that was a hard one for your dad & I to wrap our heads around. We went and bought flowers, mulch and new banners for the cemetery and gathered our cleaning tools; rakes, blowers and the such to work out there today, only to be rained out.
We had a wedding to attend today so that distracted us for a bit.
Then we met Kristin...

Hi Craig:
Your birthday is approaching and you will be 29. I think about your mom after you died and how she grieved about you not marrying, not going to prom, not being a dad...all the things we dream about for our kids. This day, April 27th is the day my mom, you, and John were born, and now the day my dad was buried. I think about you a lot my dear child, I think about your mom, your dad, you sisters, and I think about you so often, Matt and Lizzie have fond memories as do I. Happy...

14 years today...you've been gone from this earth for as long as you lived on it. I'm hoping you are dancing on streets paved with Gold up in Heaven. I still have a hard time comprehending this is my life without you here. Dad and I miss you so much, as do Katelyn & Kristin. Hugs and Kisses...love and miss you so much. We're only a breath away.

Mom

Thinking hard about you today...it seems recently I'm being asked a lot about you, by my friends who never got to meet you. Sometimes I can talk, and sometimes I just break. I don't think I'm weak...I know it's because of my love for you. The deeper you love, the deeper the pain...my pain is never-ending. Love you my dear, sweet, son. Miss you so much. My comfort is we're just a breath away from each other.

Mom

Happy Heavenly Birthday Craig. I'm not sure if you are still 14 - the age you were when you went to Heaven or if you are 26 today, but no matter...IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY!!!
I know you are in good hands but oh how I wish my hands could hold your face between them and give you a great big birthday kiss...and totally embarass you! Love you my child...and I miss you with every beat of my heart...

Craig - today is Bradley's birthday; we have been thinking so much about you the last few days.

Yesterday was bad for me - once again it felt like someone sucker punched me right in the stomach and I could not breathe when I was trying to figure out why you are not here with us. I still don't get it. I wish I could see what a fine young man you would be today.

I just want you to know you are always close to me, I continue to carry pictures of you in my wallet/cred case. ...

My Dear Sweet Son, I can't believe it's been ten years since you've gone to heaven. Not a day goes by that I don't think about you, yearn for you and hope I 'feel' you around me. Katelyn is having another baby...a girl this time. Please watch over her during this pregnancy that it all goes ok. I miss you so much buddy...Hugs and Kisses to you always...

Hey Craig - I still think about you and miss you each and every day. We've been doing a pretty neat thing with your clothes...I found a seamstress who is making blankets, Teddy Bears and quilt blocks for keepsakes. And little by little, I've been able to give these pieces of you away to friends and family. The hardest part is letting go of them...but I keep telling myself that it's a little piece of you comforting and helping someone else to keep moving forward in this journey of grief....

Hey, just me popping in to say Hi! I have been thinking of you lately. I am working in Public Health and we have started by state requirement a child death review team...I don't think of you in that light but i think of you as this smiling face up in heaven who is a part of these kid's life. I know your Mom and Dad miss you everyday, I struggle not knowing you are alive and a part of their lives. So much has changed in this world. Just wanted to say I wish you were still here, think of you...