I haven't even started looking yet, but does anyone know off the top of their head about a chart that I could make up reasonably quickly that would be appropriate as a memorial for a lost son/brother? The story can be found by doing a Meta Crawler (or search engine of choice) search for Jonathan Marshall Thibeault, but the short form is: Three local18 year old boys who had graduated from high school just 9 days before were killed when the car they were in hit a tree sending the car into the river where they were supposed to have gone swimming Monday night. The first ones on the scene were another 18 year old friend and a 16 year old who's family owned the property where they were going to meety & swim. Fortunately, in a way, the boys were killed by the impact with the tree so that they did not drown from the car landing upside down in the river. The boys who found them immediately after the crash were unable to release the driver & were unable to get any other doors open at all. I can't even imagine the added stress they would be under if they had to worry about what they possibly could have done to save their friends. There is lots of "why them & not me" going on & a good portion of the community is mourning the loss of the three boys. I hadn't seen Jonathan since the family moved into town about 4 years ago, but there is an older brother as well as two younger ones who must be about 12 & 15 or so. It was always a pleasure to have the family in the library since they actually liked each other. They weren't perfect and there was a normal amount of sibling squabling, but it was never mean spirited and the boys always knew when to quit. I would like to stitch something reasonably quick & simple for them all to remember him by, without being too maudlin. Any ideas? Liz from Humbug
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17 years ago