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DAP1122
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Username: Dap1122

Post Number: 971
Registered: 05-2008
Posted on Monday, September 07, 2009 - 07:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

This is a partial re-post from my TransplantBuddies blog ..........

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Has anyone been to the National Donor Memorial in Richmond Va? It's a place that's on my list to visit in the not to distant future ..........

An excerpt from their web site ........ http://www.donormemorial.org/

The Wall of Tears

A family's loss marks the beginning of the journey. At the memorial entrance, water flowing over the words, "friend, wife, son, daughter, mother, sister, husband, brother, father," symbolizes tears shed by donor families.


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Heart Tx - 5/11/2007
DAP
Ohio, USA

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LouLou
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Username: Manilaangel

Post Number: 1303
Registered: 09-2007
Posted on Monday, September 07, 2009 - 09:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

This is very touching!
Lou Lou
Forum Leader- Prayer and Inspiration
Kidney Transplant recipient
July 2007 Chicagoland

Every Moment is a Gift.
CELEBRATE LIFE each day!
RELAX, REPLENISH and CELEBRATE

Giving and receiving the Gift of Hope through
donation and transplantation is a life changing experience

Janet
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Username: Jan

Post Number: 504
Registered: 05-2003
Posted on Monday, September 07, 2009 - 10:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

This is on my list of places to visit also. I will be going to DC next summer for The Compassionate Friends Conference, if I don't get to see it before that, I will certainly make sure I see it then...
Hugs, Janet
Mom to Joe, who was an organ donor
6-1-80 / 8-21-94
kidneys, heart, and liver, plus lungs for research
www.joesmemorybears.com Cuddly bears made from your loved ones clothing
http://www.childreninheaven.netfirms.com/joekeller.htm Joe Story

Dover, Pennsylvania
South Central PA
BreathinSteven
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Username: Breathinsteven

Post Number: 1752
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 05:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Hey Dap!!!

Yes -- I was fortunate to go to the Donor Memorial shortly before they finished it... I was on the Patient Affairs Committee for UNOS and for one of our meetings, they held it at UNOS in Richmond, and we were given a tour of the Donor Memorial... I have my tribute posted on their online memorial -- and I'm also fortunate in that they chose our picture for one of the random shots they use in the introductory front page for the memorial... I started my tribute post about Kari several years ago, and never quite finished it -- but it's enough to understand where I'm coming from... Whether you know your donor or not, it's a beautiful place to write a little memorial to them...

Another neat thing -- this coming New Year's Donate Life Float is based on the Donor Memorial... The "Wall of Names" encircles much of the float -- the riders are sitting in front of the Wall of Names... I believe that the "Wall of Tears" in at or near the Family Circle Garden...

It's a beautiful, peaceful memorial -- if you get the chance to go, you should not pass it up -- particulaly we who have been part of this community -- recipients, recipient's families, donor families, living donors -- it can be a very emotional experience...

And the float this year is incredible, with it's basis on the Donor Memorial and the phoenix rising from the ashes and flames -- and in the flames, there are images of 77 donors... It will be a beautiful tribute again...

Love, Steve
Steve
CF, Dbl-Lung Recip April 2000
www.ClimbingForKari.org
www.ReviveHope.com

http://www.youtube.com/SteveFerkau
Sarah's mom
Member
Username: Sarahs_mom

Post Number: 135
Registered: 02-2009
Posted on Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 08:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Wow....I had never heard of this Donor Memorial before! Thank you so much for bringing it to my attention. I would love to go there one day.

I need to research the "phoenix rising from the ashes"....that is the 3rd time in a week that has come up and I don't know what it's about. Is it from the Bible? I received a powerful thank you card from our nephew that talked about our strength in continuing to "go on" after losing such a precious daughter....and he mentioned it then, too.

xo
Sarahs mom, Kristen

Donor family
Florida, near Pensacola.
Karen R.
Forum Leader
Username: Relivkaren

Post Number: 3507
Registered: 07-2007
Posted on Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 08:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

DAP:

That looks like an amazing place to visit. I got all choked up watching the video. I will put this on my "to do" list when I get well!! :-)

God Bless!
Karen
Dx: BOOP - May 2006. Rediagnosed with Bronchiolitis Obliterans Nov. 2006
Listed Feb 2008 - Waiting on double lung transplant at Cleveland Clinic

Ohio, USA

Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
BreathinSteven
Forum Leader
Username: Breathinsteven

Post Number: 1759
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 09:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

DAP also has a link on his post -- please note that anyone can create a tribute -- a recipient, donor family member, or friend -- you can write a little about the person, they also guide you through the process with questions and such... And you can upload a picture if you have one...

If you don't know a name at this time, you can create an anonymous entry...

Love, Steve
Steve
CF, Dbl-Lung Recip April 2000
www.ClimbingForKari.org
www.ReviveHope.com

http://www.youtube.com/SteveFerkau

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