FOR OUR CHILDREN
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IF ONLY OUR CHILDREN WERE EASTER EGGS
.....by Christine Ross in memory of
Lucas Christopher Ross 1979 - 2001
If only our children were Easter eggs,
Hidden safely in the grass,
We could search for them and pick them up,
And hold them within our clasp.
We'd have a Heavenly Easter egg hunt,
All with baskets in our hands,
Searching with a broken heart.
Only WE can understand.
"Oh, look I found your child over here",
"Hey, did anyone find mine?"
They are so beautifully colored,
And they sparkle and they shine.
These aren't your usual Easter eggs,
They each have their own special glow,
That comes from way down deep within,
Only a parent in grief would know.
We gather up our special eggs,
With excitement all around,
For the gift that we've been given,
For the treasure we have found.
We all now stare with wonderment,
At our children that have died.
We want to hold them once again,
And release them from inside.
But we all begin to realize,
We have to crack their beautiful shell,
The one that, makes them sparkle and glow,
The one they have earned so well.
We know we can't destroy their beauty,
And take them from their place,
So we give them an understanding kiss,
As a tear runs down our face.
One by one we take our baskets,
With our beautifully colored eggs,
And place them gently in the grass,
As we turn and walk away.
We look back in amazement,
As our eggs begin to sing.
We see them flutter and move about.
"Look, our eggs all now have wings."
Then the Golden Egg begins to speak...
"Your children are safe with me."
"You'll be with them when the time is right,"
"Together for all eternity."
We stand their in a circle of love,
As we look up to the sky,
Watching our radiant eggs take flight,
Knowing our children didn't die.
© 2003 - Christine Ross
Published in
LIVING WITH LOSS MAGAZINE
Spring 2008, Volume 23 No. 1
Spring 2009, volume 24 No. 1
Bereavement Publications, Inc.

1

DANIEL
"DANNY"
SCOTT
FORRESTER
30 Years

LUCAS
"LUKE"
CHRISTOPHER
ROSS
21 years

JASON
"BEAU"
MORGAN
23 Years

AVRA
MARIE
JOHNSON
RAMSAY
21 Years
2

BRADLEY
"BRAD"
LOUIS
CORDIAL
17 years

BRODY
JASON
MOUCH
2 hours

JACOB
KENNETH
DAVIS
13 years

CADE
DAWSON
WRIGHT
3 years
3

RICKY
AARON
PHILLIPS
22 years

RAYLENE
ALICIA
GUTIERREZ
23 years

JAYDEN
EARL
ELLEFSON
1 year 1 month

LUCAS
"LUKE"
JAMES
FLOREN
21 years
4

RICKY
JAMES
DAVIS, JR.
24 years 
JOSHUA
"JOSH"
SAMUEL
HUGHES
21years

JOSEPH
"JOEY"
DAVID
SORENSON
21 years

MICHAEL
JOHN
SHULTZ
8 months
5

JOEY
MARSHALL
WHITEMAN
21 years

ARLYN
MARIA
BEAL
18 Years

CARTER
GERALD
SANDQUIST
3 days

DEREK
SEAN
DYSON
19 years
6

STEPHEN
MATTHEW
WILSON
20 1/2 years

JUSTIN
JAMES
PIERCE
12 years

REBECCA
"BECKY JO"
JO
SESTER
15 years

ALEXANDER
"ALEX"
ZACHARY
MATTHEW
SALADINO
4 years
7

ANGELA
"ANGIE"
RENEE
KRESGE
21 Years

HANNAH
ISABELLA
SNYDER
3 1/2 years

GILLES
MICHAEL
MOREAU
16 years

JOSEPH
"JOEY"
ZACHARY
TAYLOR
4 years
8

JASON
PAUL
HILTON
24 years

MATTHEW
JOHN
BROWN
21 years

SARAH
JEAN
DAVIDSON
3 years 11 months

TABATHA
"TAB"
LEANN
WOOTEN
20 years
9

CHRISTOPHER
RONALD
FALLER
7 years

JUSTIN
MICHAEL
ROBERTSON
17 years

JACE
ALEXANDER
GIKAS
6 months

ETHAN
MICHAEL
LYNN
KILPATRICK
4 1/2 years
10

JOSHUA
"JOSH"
PAUL
COPE
21 years

TYLER
BILLY
TSCHESCHLOG
14 years

SKYLAR
EDWARD
AARVAG
10 months

GALEN
WAYNE
MASTERSON
11 years
11

CAROL
RAE
SMART
18 years

ALEXANDER
"ALEX"
CHARLES
GILL
2 months

CANDICE
KEIM
19 years

DEREK
GEIBE
20 years
12

JASON
SCOTT
GRIFFITH
24 years

WILLIAM
"BUTCH"
EDWARD
HERBERT
21 years

DONALD
"DONNIE"
BERNARD
HERBERT
9 years

KATHRYN-MARY
"KATH"
IRENE
HERBERT
11 years
13

CORRINA
JENNELL
PARSLOW
18 years

ALLEN
D.
BORING, Jr.
32 years

CHRISTINE
MARIE
KLEIN
27 years

KANDA
MICHELLE
JACOBS
30 years
14

DANIEL
EDWARD
RICKETTS II
30 years

KEVIN
JAMES
BOGERT
31 years

JASON
LEE
HAFFORD
22 years

DONALD
WARREN
BARKER
33 years
15

GARETT
WAYNE
CLARKSON
27 years

WENDY
NICOLE
DICKENS
MCCAMMON
21 years

KAYLA
MARIE
CHRISTIAN
16 years

BRETT
ANTHONY
GINDER
18 years
16

DAVID
L.
RATCLIFFE III
(DIII)
26 years

LAUREN
RENEE
BOLLES
16 years

AMANDA
ROSE
WAINSCOTT
20 years

JOSHUA
RICHARD
LEE
VARGAS
29 years
17

MICHAEL
"MIKEY"
RAY
CAGLE,JR.
17 years

JACOB
R.
DURAN
(JUNIOR)
19 years

SARAH
LISA
GUERRERO
17 years

BRANDON
WILLIAMS
TOMS
17 years
18

TONYA
LYNN
HORTON
18 years

PETER
"ALLEN"
ASENCIO, JR.
36 years

JOSH
MCCOY
25 years

ERIC
SUTTON
SKINNER
19 years
19

JOHN
TAYLOR
LOMON
17 years

STEPHANIE
DAWN
BARRAGY
37 years

RONALD
"RONNIE"
STEVE
CHAVERS
24 years

MAKAYLA
ALEXIS
CHAVERS
5 months
20

TAMI
MARIE
WOLFE
20 years

STEVEN
VINCENT
MIRELES
18 years

AARON
MATTHEW
ORITZ
19 years

STEVEN
CLANCY
27 years
21

BRANDON
JAMES
QUINN-GOMEZ
11 months, 9 days

JOSHUA
"JOSH"
LEE
FRITZ
31 years

JEREMY
DILLON
WILLIAMS
18 years

TRACY
LEE
COX
30 years
22

ROBERT
"ROBBIE"
HAMPTON
SMITH
16 years

KENNETH
"MACK"
HILLERY
CREAMER
17 years

JESSICA
M.
AMARAL
15 years

ORAN
DANIEL
JONES
19 years
23

ROBERT
JAMES
DELOSH
24 years

JACKY
MICHAEL
DELOSH
1 hour

ASHLEY
NIAMH
MCCAULEY
13 years

GARRETT
DUSTIN
FRAZEE
24 years
24

JASON
LEE
WEST
19 years

JESSICA
LOUISE
WEST
17 years

MACKENZIE
NICOLE
WEST
13 years

MICHAEL
SMICH
33 years
25

JOSEPH
"JOEY"
CHRETIEN JR.
25 years

ROBERT
"BOBBIE"
J.
MCCARTHY IV
19 years

CARL
TAYLOR
1 year 6 days

DEBORAH
"DEBBIE"
JEAN
FREITAS
DAUGHRATY
42 years
26

PRISCILLA
ANN
FREITAS
1 year 4 days

DANIEL
VINCENT
STAIB
23 years

GARRETT
DANIEL
STAIB
1 hour

JOSHUA
DAVID
UNDERWOOD
24 years
27

CASSANDRA
LEIGH
BAKER
23 years

JUSTIN
MICHAEL
EVANS
17 years

CRAIG
BALDRIDGE
31 years

RYAN
ALLEN
DAUGHERTY
30 years
28

JOSHUA
"JOSH"
ENVIL
26 years

CORWIN
JAMES
FARMER
19 years

KEITH
WARREN
PETERSON
21 years

CORY
GENE
PILAT
21 years
29

AIMEE
LYNN
PLUMMER
20 years

MATTHEW
TYLER
HUDSON
18 years

BRIAN
JOSEPH
PARKER
27 years

TIMOTHY
PATRICK
PARKER
25 years
30

JEANINE
TAMARA
JOHNSON
23 years

DAMIAN
"DAMO"
REID
CARVER
19 years

NATHAN
LYNN
FORD
18 years

ROSS
HUNTER
WHITE
19 years
31

JASON
RAMIREZ
18 years

DANIEL
RAMIREZ
17 years

LISA
FERNANDEZ
17 years

LEE
WILLIAM
HARRIS
33 years
32

JOSEPH
E.
KELLER
14 years

EMILY
LOU
MILLER
Stillborn

THOMAS
A.
KELLER
13 years

KAREN
E.
KING
11 years
33

LARRY
LAFOY
FLIPPENCE
41 years

STEVEN
M.
BOYD
24 years

COREY
CHRISTOPHER
JAMES
20 years

MICHELLE
MARIE
JAMES
22 years
34

JOSHUA
DAVID
GODDARD
27 years

AARON
SHOULDERS
18 years

BRADFORD
"WAYNE"
WELLS, JR.
42 years

ANTHONY
"TONY"
RYAN
MCLEMORE
31 years
35

KRISSTOFFER
"KRISS"
JEFFERSON
20 years

STEPHEN
JARED
EBANKS
17 years

ALYSSA
ESTEVEZ
24 YEARS

BRANDON
TYLER
BESHADA
25 years
36

AMANDA
CHRISTINE
WARNOCK
13 years

CHAD
KITCHEN
25 years

PAUL
”PAULEI”
RYAN
SHANNO
9 1/2 years

AMY
LYNN
ALSOFROM
25 years
37

JAMIE
MARILYN
VITELLO
24 years

DANIELLE
MARIE
PLOURDE
11 years

ANTHONY
PAUL
WODZINSKI
15 years

JAMES
AARON
GUREVICH
17 years
38

PETER
RAYMOND
ELLWOOD
33 years

TONY
TREVHERON
ELLWOOD
37 years

BENJAMIN
"TAYLOR"
HUTH
26 years

ANTHONY
JAMES-JUSTIN
FRIEND
27 years
39

HAYDEN
ALAN
ADAMS
37 days

BUDDY
SEGLER
17 years

SHERRIE
REANNA
MORELAND
15 years

CALEB
JOSEPH
HIEATT
15 years
40

MEGAN
MARIE
BAKER
21 years

CHRISTOPHER
DALE
BOOY
21 years

PAUL
JOHN
LAFAVER
27 years

CLINTON
"CLINT"
TERRY
MILAM
10 years
41

MICHAEL
DONNELLY
BUTKA
16 years

CORLISE
DAWN
LEHMANN
27 years

GEOFFREY
PHILIP
JAMES
EDWARDS
18 years

ECOCENCIO
KINTIA
GRAVES
7 years
42

SCOTT
RUSSELL
VOELKER
22 years

MPUNDU
HILDA
KASUBA
15 years

DARYL
JOHNSON
18 years

MICHAEL
"MIKEY"
JOHN
VINYARD
5 years, 7 months
43

DENISE
MARIE
MCCORMICK
40 years

HEATHER
LYNNE
WILLIAMSON
22 years

FAITH
ANN
MCINTIRE
4 1/2 months

TOMMY
M.
CHILDRESS
18 years
44

RYAN
MICHAEL
HOOK
21 years

JERRY
"GRANT"
LEWIS
26 years

RODNEY
ALLEN
NISBET
38 years

LISA
FAYE
BESSIRE
45

MISTY
ANGEL
TRANTHAM
15 years

MICHAEL
"MIKEY"
SPENCER
WILTSIE
12 years

LORENZO
IBARRA
7 years

OLESYA
"OLYA"
VITALIEVNA
NOVIKOVA
22 months
46

JESSE
RUTHERFORD
JR.
28 years

AARON
JOSEPH
GOLDEN

BECKY
VIDMOSKO

BRANDON
WESLEY
SGAGGERO
29 years
47

CASSIE
SMALL

CHRISTOPHER
EMERY
ZOLANHORNE

COURTNEY
MARIE
WAFSTET

CRAIG
BRESSON
21 years
48

JEFFREY
KESLING

KENZIE
RAYANN
GOLDEN-RODEN

KRISTA
KATHLEEN
KELLY
28 years

"KRISTI"
KRISTINA
DAWN
BARKHURST
49

MICHELE
JOY
WARGO
29 years

TAYLOR
RAY
SIMPSON

TREVOR
MARK
ORTIZ
23 years

KAITLYNN
RENE
FORET
7 months
50

SHERILYN
ANNETTE
ADAMS
16 years

AMANDA
NICOLE
CURCIO
17 years

TAYLOR
BURGSTAHLER
17 years

GRACE
NICOLE
MICELI
20 years
51

KEAGEN
RAY
ALLEN
13 years

ROBERT
(aka ROBBIE)
J.
GAMBRELL, III
24 years

CHRISTOPHER
NEIL
THOMAS
16 years

ROBERT
LOUIS
(BOBBY)
MONTGOMERY
27 years
52

RANDY
REED
HECOX
30 years

JONATHON
EDWARD
HAMPTON
29 years

JONATHAN
STEVEN
WITTY
16 years

JACOB
ANDREW
REX
SLUDER
17 years
53

CHRISTIAN
VICTORIA
(CHRISSIE)
CARRIGAN
15 yrs 22 days

ROBERT
"BOBBY"
DENNIS
DIGAN
18 years

MARY
CATHERINE
DIGAN
stillborn

MIKEY
PLATT
16 years
54

JUSTIN
OWEN
DANIELS
VERDIEL
5 years

MAYCIE
"TIMMONS"
SMITH
silently born

RICKY
DEWAYNE
MCCORKLE
20 years

AMANDA
NICOLE
CURCIO
17 years
55

CHRISTOPHER
"BUBBA"
RYAN
SILVA
18 1/2 years

MATTHEW
PAUL
TRAVIS
COLE
22 years

ANGELA
MICHELLE
LOMENZO
(and baby)
19 years

JAMES
THOMAS
PRICE
7 months
56

SHANTA
S.M.
WATSON
7days

IESHA
S.J.
WATSON
14 1/2 years

RALPH
A.
CAINES, JR.
30 years

ROB
"aka RadRob"
NORTHROP
26 years
57

LAURA
MARIE
HUBER-GOODIN
27 years

SHAWN
P.
GIGLIO
29 years

ROBERT
A.
GIGLIO JR.
19 years

ADAM
R.
FIOCK
26 years
58

ELLIOT
JOHN
GOLDING
25 years

ALEJANDRO
IGNACIO
MATEO
SOLTYSIAK
20 1/2 years

MAYCIE
"TIMMONS"
SMITH
silently born

JOSH
FRITZ
31 years
59

VERNON
EUGENE
LIPSEY
18 years

MICHAEL
MALUCELLI
18 years

BRIAN
MALUCELLI
33 years

CHAD
ERIC
DAY
30 years
60

KEVIN
PATRICK
MCGUINN
20 years

CHRISTOPHER
JASON
SIMMONS
19 years

JAKE
ANDREW
FEINBERG
31 years

JOEY
SCARPA
23 years
61

NICOLE
EUNSOOK
SPENCER
20 years

BILLY
SULLIVAN
19 years

CHRISTINE
MARIE
KLEIN
27 years

JASON
DOSS
BARRETT
21 years
62

ETHAN
ALAN
PECK
Stillborn

LUCAS
DEE
KLOUZEK
33 years

ELIZABETH
SUE
RICHARDSON
19 years

TRICIA
MARIE
2 mo 28 d
63

JASON
(BIG JAY)
CULLUM
31 years

PAMELA
LYNNE
REID
17 years

IAN
ARTHUR
ATCHISON
12 years

"BEN"
BENJAMIN
DAVID
SHIPP
24 years
64

BUCKLEY
ABOUKOURA
19 years

SEAN
HARRINGTON
RILEY
21 years

DONNA
ELLEN
VAN PEER
18 years

JONATHAN
LEE
STONE
16 years
65

JOHN
"JACK"
POLAND
20 years

BILLY
KAYSER
16 years

THOMAS
KAYSER
born sleeping

DRAKE
E.
FREED
13 months
66

THOMAS
BECKETT
HENSLEY, III
21 years

SHELLY
SUE
PIERCE
19 years

ANDREW
BABER
19 years

WILLIAM
(BEAU)
COX, II
18 years
67

TEDDY
JENNINGS
29 years

DUSTIN
MARSHALL
RAWLS
25 years

HEATHER
DAWN
CRAWFORD
17 years

CERRIDWYN
"KERRY" MAIRE
URSULA BRIGID
ROSEANNE LUJAN
19 years
68

LINDSAY
RENA
"POOH"
KARNES
19 years

LAUREN
ADRIENNE
GREEN
21 years

JESSIE
ROBERT
RICHARDSON
24 years

JAMIE
LEE
RICHARDSON
20 years
69

TAMMY
RENEE
SMITH
21 years

AMANDA
BROOKE
WORLEY
16 years

MIRANDA
TRAVIS
YOUNG
21 years

DAVID
MILLER
21 years
70

CHRISTOPHER
BEEBE
18 years

ALEXIS
BEEBE
8 months

MICHELLE
NICOLE
ROYE
29 years

LAURA
ANN
KIMBLE
33 years
71

JENNIFER
ELIZABETH
HARBER
17 years

VERONICA
MARIE
HARPER
16 1/2 years

DUSTIN
LEE
FITZER
18 years

BECKY
LYNN
FITZER-GROVES
34 years
72

ANDREW
RAYMOND
LAMMERMAN
35 years

JOSHUA
EUGENE
LAMMERMAN
32 years

BRIAN
MALUCELLI
33 years

MICHAEL
MALUCELLI
18 years
73

CODY
EDWARD
SKOKAN
2yr 2mo 19 d

BRANDON
MICHAEL
ALLRED
19 years

CHRISTOPHER
WILLIAM
ALLRED
29 years

AMANDA
ALICIA
MARIA
MORROW
19 years
74

SARAH
DAWN
MACEACHERN-BROWN
20 years

JIMMY
REDENIUS
32 years

MEMORIAL
EASTER
EGG

JUSTIN
TIMOTHY
KING
10 years
75

DANIEL
S.
FOSTER
24 years

TINA
MARIE
MCQUAIG
27 years

JEREMY
SCOTT
KIRBY
23 years

DEBORAH
LOOKER
WEBB
36 years
76

DENNIS
RALPH
YARBROUGH JR.
20 years

AIRMAN 1st CLASS
SCOTT
M.
SCHROEDER
20 years

3rd CLASS
PETTY OFFICER
KEITH
COMBS
23 years

STEPHEN
HERINGHAUS
21 years
77

NELSON
JOHN
MINTER
36 years

JOSHUA
ALLEN
MCINTOSH
16 years

ANTHONY
"TONY"
WILLARD
WYATT
16 years

BRITTANY
DAWN
WYATT
13 years
78

"LUKE"
LUCAS
PAUL
PATTERSON
15 years

MELISSA
EGGEN
"SISSY"
MANSFIELD
36 years

JASON
STEPHEN
MURPHY
18 1/2 years

JARROD
CHRISMAN
23 years
79

TERESA
"TRISSIE"
FETTER
37 years

JAKOB
NELSON
ANDRIACCHI
3 1/2 years

COURTNEY
TYLER
(KROCHY)
GALBRAITH
25 years

ROBERT
DAVID
MCELLIGOTT
14 years
80

SAMUEL
SCOTT
GEER
21 years

JOSHUA
"JOSH"
BROWN
18 years

DOUGLAS
STUART
HAFF
BROWN
19 years

CHRISTOPHER
RAKESTRAW
17 years
81

WILLIAM
(BILLY)
JACOB
ZERCHER
17 years

BRIAN
EDWARD
HINSHAW
32 years

LEE
HENRY
AGUILERA
25 years

CASEY
WAYNE
COLEMAN
SANDERS
16 YEARS
82

ADRIENNE
LEIGH
INGRAM
28 years

SPC.
DARRELL
W.
SHIPP
25 years

NATHAN
ANTHONY
ROYALTY
22 years

NICHOLAS
ANTHONY
PICCOLO III
24 years
83

BRYAN
J.
REID
15 years

MICHELLE
MARIE
GREEVER
9 years

MICHAEL
"MIKEY"
PAUL
BURCHFIELD
10 years

ADAM
DOUGLAS
BEISWANGER
5 years
84

JUSTIN
LUKE
SCANCARELLO
21 years

JUSTIN
"JT"
THIELBAR
17 years

CHRISTOPHER
RYAN
FREUNDORFER
3 years

ISAIAH
STEWART
BORN
19 years
85

AUSTIN
GRAHAM
CHASE
15 years

PAUL
SCRIBONI
20 years

LOUIS
MICHAEL
(LOUIE)
JOHNSON
28 years

DESIRAH
MARIE
"BABY DESI"
JACOB
stillborn
86

ADAM
JAROD
DELONG
18 years

LLOYD
FRANKLIN
(DRACUS)
ROBERTS
40 years

JAMES
GARY
RODGERS II
24 years

KARI
ANN
RAMSEY
3 mo, 2 wks
87

CARA
LEE
PARKS
BURAS
30 years

BUCKLEY
ABOUKOURA
19 years

BRANDON
JAMES
PETERSON
18 years

JOSHUA
S.
JOHNSON
21 years
88

CHRISTOPHER
BRIAN
HOSLER
23 years

JEFFREY
ROBERT
HENDERSON
TWOMEY
15 1/2 years

BRIAN
SCOTT
DAVIS
20 years

TREVOR
HUGH
THORSTEN
29 years
89

TIMMOTHY
ALLEN
RIGGS
19 years

DAVID
HAIZLIP
24 years

CODY
TYLER
CLIFTON
18 years

DENNIS
CHRISTOPHER
TUCKER
26 years
90

JOSHUA
AARON
CADE
14 years

JUSTIN
IAN
WALKER
GAMBRELL
20 years

JASON
ANDREW
ALCORTA
16 years

DUSTIN
MARSHALL
RAWLS
25 years
91

KYLIE
M.
HEAYSMAN
18 years

NIKITA
LEIGH
WILBER
19 years

MISTY
AUTUMN
DUBOSE
17 years

LAURIE
MICHELLE
BAER
16 years
92

KIMBERLY
LYNN
EWERS
27 years

JUSTIN
MICHAEL
EWERS
26 years

ELIZABETH
LUTO
27 years

JASON
ANDREW
O'BRYAN
21 years
93

AARON
HEATH
HARVEY
19 years

ASHLEY
RUSSELL
JESSOP
30 years

ANDREW
"JAY"
GUILFOYE
22 years

JASON
ALAN
SCHUMANN
23 years
94

SEAN
H.
GRAY
19 years

KATHRYN
JEAN
"KATIE"
FISHER
18 years

ROBERT
"BOB"
WILLIAMS
19 years

CASSANDRA
"CASSIE"
JAYNE
TAYLOR
18 years
95

RYAN
MICHAEL
MANNA
25 years

JEFFERY
ALLEN
OLA
35 years

BRIAN
WALTER
BRUMBAUGH
23 years

CHRISTOPHER
JACK
MARRIS
26 years
96

MICHAEL
D.
CARICO II
39 years

BRANDY
ANN
HICKS
18 years

ANTHONY
MICHAEL
COLA
16 years

ALEXANDRA
VICTORIA
RENTFRO
REED
8 years
97

JAMES
(JIMMY)
FRANCIS
DWYER
23 yr, 3 mo, 29 d

ELLIS
EDWARD
HINES
19 yr, 6 mo, 1 d

SCOT
LESLEY
JAIN
34 years

JENNIFER
AILEEN
JAIN
27 years
98

JAYDEN
SKYE
CARTER
1 year

ZACHERY
TYLER
GIBSON
6 years

SETH
BOWDEN
TIDBALL
19 years

CLISTY
RUTH
HALL
17 years
99

RANDI
LEE
HAMBRICK
17 years

JEREMY
SCOTT
HILL
34 years

TAYLOR
MATTHEWS
16 years

CHRISTY
LYNN
TURNER
19 years
100

JACOB
BLEAM
20 years

EMILY
ROSE
FORGEY

JASMINE
MARIAH
ANTHONY

WHITNEY
CARDIN
SHARP
17 years