Thank you Stefan for wanting to do this article. I used Google Translate to follow along. The letter comes easily, therefore, but its content is heavy: In the envelope there is a photograph of a smiling young man. Sitting in a big leather chair and is called Christopher John, CJ short. His cropped hair, he wears a red T-shirt from the Boston Red Sox baseball team. On the photo glued a small plastic bag with a few grams of ash in it and also heard CJ. Hallie Twomey from the US state of Maine thanked in an accompanying letter of the recipients of mail that her deceased son gets to know another place in the whole wide world in this way. Four years ago, her son had taken his own life at the family home. To this day, she did not know what would have caused her to CJ fact, the mother of two boys says. What are they but just remember that it had been a dispute over a nullity, which preceded the suicide. Since that tragic day she lived with strong feelings of guilt. For hours she had stared at the urn on the mantle and wondered if all this should have been for her 20-year-old son, but wanted to see as much of the world. In this depressing endless grief suddenly shot a thought that was so bold as bold: Why not send the ashes of CJ on trips and in this way make the remembrance on Facebook become a global concern? When my husband and my son John Connor had rejected the idea that it would never have occurred to the action, writes Hallie Twomey SZ. However, family and friends made their experiment, and was in November 2013, the Facebook page Scattering CJ online. The response was tremendous today: In the past twelve months, they would have received more than 9 000 inquiries from all over the world and now sent 700 letters to the devotional by CJ. Who gets the post, has previously promised to scatter the ashes in a special place and post a photo of it on the page. In this way, CJ posthumously traveled far on seven continents in 100 countries and theoretically added daily new. In practice, however also come from time to time letters back because a receiver have perhaps changed his mind, says Hallie Twomey. On the Facebook page, there are hundreds of photos that were taken around the world and to a long list alphabetically arranges all destinations. In the US, it extends from Alabama to Wyoming, in the world from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, including Germany. In good old Germany five sites are listed so far: in the far south and the Zugspitze, Garmisch, to the west of Cologne and Dusseldorf and Weimar in the east. Soon more will be added Dresden, for airmail CJ is already on the way to Saxony. Some commentators find dealing with the ashes of the deceased quite irreverent, others make the other hand, very pragmatic thoughts: For how many trips the ashes will probably last another and to the urn at the end about his empty? The family of CJ is it clear answers: One-third of the dusty memories will remain on the mantelpiece in Maine, one third had already scattered to the winds and seas and the last third is until next spring migrate further, in allusion to the Christian triad earth to earth, ashes to ashes and dust to dust. Give hope to save lives This formula makes most people fear, finally, it means loss and pain. However, through an open approach to the issue of the death loses its final character, the mother of Maine says. How close together are mourning and consolation in action, her numerous letters were shown by people who wanted to take his life, but had been deterred by the touching story. In an acute case they had to even take action: A young woman in Florida announced its intentions anonymous. Hallie Twomey made to be virtually on the search for the suicide candidate, she found, reported the emergency, the local police, who sent the saving ambulance. Later, the concerned mother had reported her and thanked for the help. That was yet been a matter of course, she says, who loves life and death is not afraid because he was a constant companion in their lives. For years, she was committed to an organization for organ donation and I will even make a contribution to the good of others. Until then, she wanted her husband travel a lot. Especially to the places where her son CJ made volatile Station, laughing and Fanshirt his beloved Boston Red Sox.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 12:31:07 +0000
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