Chris received the money and has picked out a headstone with Francisco's mom. He wishes he could thank everyone individually but is dealing with a lot right now, and isn't on the board often. He promises to come back soon, maybe talk about some PJ/EV shows Below is the note Chris sent me, posted with his permission. Thank you everyone again for your contributions. We were able to make a huge difference to Francisco's family with just a small gesture on our parts.
xx
Su May
From Chris (chrishermano3):
Just took Francisco's family to a place where we basically created a headstone. The reason that there's two books is because the spot where he is buried is specifically for two people, so his mother is going to be buried with him and eventually her stone will be filled in (though nothing is in her book for superstitious reasons) I found it cool that they wanted to put beloved brother (he actually has no brothers or sisters) because he was so close to his cousins and friends as if they were brothers. The man at the place was very knowledgeable when it came to creating the headstone, he knew that because of where Francisco was located he had to get a specific headstone with specific measurements and everything, so we got all of that done. He also gave us 10% off of the headstone because of what we (including mainly all of you awesome 10c members) did for Francisco. I just want to thank you so much for all that you have done and sorry for being absent its really hard right now with everything going on
Also I attached the basic picture of his headstone. It only cost $1,200 and the rest went towards the setting fee at the cemetery ($350) with a little leftover for his mom, plus all of the iTunes money that will be coming in next month. And the headstone will be at his grave in approximately 8-10 weeks!
Thank you all so very much, especially you Su May, you inspired me and his family to be the best people we can be, and great things will come your way. What you did was amazing and I hope for the best for you
To be able to see Francisco's mother's face when I told her the headstone was being paid for was amazing and I wish you could have seen it.
Chris received the money and has picked out a headstone with Francisco's mom. He wishes he could thank everyone individually but is dealing with a lot right now, and isn't on the board often. He promises to come back soon, maybe talk about some PJ/EV shows Below is the note Chris sent me, posted with his permission. Thank you everyone again for your contributions. We were able to make a huge difference to Francisco's family with just a small gesture on our parts.
xx
Su May
From Chris (chrishermano3):
Just took Francisco's family to a place where we basically created a headstone. The reason that there's two books is because the spot where he is buried is specifically for two people, so his mother is going to be buried with him and eventually her stone will be filled in (though nothing is in her book for superstitious reasons) I found it cool that they wanted to put beloved brother (he actually has no brothers or sisters) because he was so close to his cousins and friends as if they were brothers. The man at the place was very knowledgeable when it came to creating the headstone, he knew that because of where Francisco was located he had to get a specific headstone with specific measurements and everything, so we got all of that done. He also gave us 10% off of the headstone because of what we (including mainly all of you awesome 10c members) did for Francisco. I just want to thank you so much for all that you have done and sorry for being absent its really hard right now with everything going on
Also I attached the basic picture of his headstone. It only cost $1,200 and the rest went towards the setting fee at the cemetery ($350) with a little leftover for his mom, plus all of the iTunes money that will be coming in next month. And the headstone will be at his grave in approximately 8-10 weeks!
Thank you all so very much, especially you Su May, you inspired me and his family to be the best people we can be, and great things will come your way. What you did was amazing and I hope for the best for you
To be able to see Francisco's mother's face when I told her the headstone was being paid for was amazing and I wish you could have seen it.
Thank you very much Su May
Amazing job everyone
2005 - London
2009 - Toronto
2010 - Buffalo
2011 - Toronto 1&2
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1 2018 - Fenway 1&2 2022 - Hamilton, Toronto 2023 - Chicago 1&2 2024 - Las Vegas 1&2
Thank you for posting the message from Chris. I got choked up reading it.
Me too. So sad seeing the dates, breaks my heart. When I lost a good friend, people couldn't understand why I grieved for so long, I took great comfort in knowing it was OK to do it in my own way.
"I can choose to accept or resist my grief, but I cannot end it & I would not want to, because grieving is the other face of love, it is the inevitable consequence of change...of life." Paul Bennett
Chris, may you find your rituals for comfort & one day may your memories be sweet.
This is awesome and I'm so glad that it worked out for Francisco's family to have had this done for him. It's very heartwarming to read the note from Chris.
Thank you for posting the message from Chris. I got choked up reading it.
Me too. So sad seeing the dates, breaks my heart. When I lost a good friend, people couldn't understand why I grieved for so long, I took great comfort in knowing it was OK to do it in my own way.
"I can choose to accept or resist my grief, but I cannot end it & I would not want to, because grieving is the other face of love, it is the inevitable consequence of change...of life." Paul Bennett
Chris, may you find your rituals for comfort & one day may your memories be sweet.
I have to admit that I teared up reading the note from Chris.
I feel very fortunate to be a member of the 10 Club Family!!! :ugeek:
Well said
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Thank you for posting the message from Chris. I got choked up reading it.
Me too. So sad seeing the dates, breaks my heart. When I lost a good friend, people couldn't understand why I grieved for so long, I took great comfort in knowing it was OK to do it in my own way.
"I can choose to accept or resist my grief, but I cannot end it & I would not want to, because grieving is the other face of love, it is the inevitable consequence of change...of life." Paul Bennett
Chris, may you find your rituals for comfort & one day may your memories be sweet.
Tears here too,but also tears of joy for what we all have done to reach this..
So great to see what people with the same lifestyle will do for eachother when help is needed..
Such a great group of cool people we have here and so proud to be one of them..
Thanx for the update and thanx to all in my Jamily...You all rock Brothers and Sisters.. :thumbup:
Tears here too,but also tears of joy for what we all have done to reach this..
So great to see what people with the same lifestyle will do for eachother when help is needed..
Such a great group of cool people we have here and so proud to be one of them..
Thanx for the update and thanx to all in my Jamily...You all rock Brothers and Sisters.. :thumbup:
really just amazing. such a great group of people. I shared with my co-workers that this was being done. I would update them with the total that was collected. I was able to share with them Chris is update. Very touching. Very moving. A perfect stone was chosen. Well done to everyone involved. just an amazing thing to be apart of.
I got my mystery tube from the giveaway yesterday. My "friendly" postal worker tossed it on my porch. That would normally be fine except that we were having nasty rain storms yesterday along with wind and whatnot. When the wife found the tube it was wet. She text me at work and told me about it. I asked her to open it up to see if the contents were damaged. Fearing the worst I was more than relieved when she said everything inside was dry. There was not one but TWO cool posters inside along with a couple of stickers.
Karma was smiling at me yesterday for sure :thumbup: :thumbup:
I got my mystery tube from the giveaway yesterday. My "friendly" postal worker tossed it on my porch. That would normally be fine except that we were having nasty rain storms yesterday along with wind and whatnot. When the wife found the tube it was wet. She text me at work and told me about it. I asked her to open it up to see if the contents were damaged. Fearing the worst I was more than relieved when she said everything inside was dry. There was not one but TWO cool posters inside along with a couple of stickers.
Karma was smiling at me yesterday for sure :thumbup: :thumbup:
Omigod, phew. That's awesome! This one was from Kelly yes? Good to hear everything's intact.
Yeah they were from Kelly.
I am still blown away that I won.
Thank you all for the opportunity and the chance to help out someone in need.
This proves to me that there is still a lot of good in this world we live in.
Glad I am able to share this journey through life with you all.
Andy
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Chris received the money and has picked out a headstone with Francisco's mom. He wishes he could thank everyone individually but is dealing with a lot right now, and isn't on the board often. He promises to come back soon, maybe talk about some PJ/EV shows
xx
Su May
From Chris (chrishermano3):
Just took Francisco's family to a place where we basically created a headstone. The reason that there's two books is because the spot where he is buried is specifically for two people, so his mother is going to be buried with him and eventually her stone will be filled in (though nothing is in her book for superstitious reasons) I found it cool that they wanted to put beloved brother (he actually has no brothers or sisters) because he was so close to his cousins and friends as if they were brothers. The man at the place was very knowledgeable when it came to creating the headstone, he knew that because of where Francisco was located he had to get a specific headstone with specific measurements and everything, so we got all of that done. He also gave us 10% off of the headstone because of what we (including mainly all of you awesome 10c members) did for Francisco. I just want to thank you so much for all that you have done and sorry for being absent its really hard right now with everything going on
Also I attached the basic picture of his headstone. It only cost $1,200 and the rest went towards the setting fee at the cemetery ($350) with a little leftover for his mom, plus all of the iTunes money that will be coming in next month. And the headstone will be at his grave in approximately 8-10 weeks!
Thank you all so very much, especially you Su May, you inspired me and his family to be the best people we can be, and great things will come your way. What you did was amazing and I hope for the best for you
To be able to see Francisco's mother's face when I told her the headstone was being paid for was amazing and I wish you could have seen it.
Thank you very much Su May
Same here!
2009 - Toronto
2010 - Buffalo
2011 - Toronto 1&2
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1
2018 - Fenway 1&2
2022 - Hamilton, Toronto
2023 - Chicago 1&2
2024 - Las Vegas 1&2
"I can choose to accept or resist my grief, but I cannot end it & I would not want to, because grieving is the other face of love, it is the inevitable consequence of change...of life." Paul Bennett
Chris, may you find your rituals for comfort & one day may your memories be sweet.
I feel very fortunate to be a member of the 10 Club Family!!! :ugeek:
'98: Seattle: Memorial Stadium 1 & 2
'00: Columbus: Polaris
'03: Columbus: Germain
'10: Columbus: Nationwide Arena
'11: East Troy: Alpine Valley - PJ20 1 & 2 + EV Detroit
'12: Missoula + EV Jacksonville 1 & 2
'13: Chicago / Pittsburgh / Buffalo / Seattle
'14: Cincinnati / St. Louis / Tulsa / Lincoln / Memphis / Detroit / Moline
'15: New York City - Global Citizen Festival
'16: Greenville / Hampton / Raleigh / Columbia / Lexington / Ottawa / Toronto 1 & 2 / Wrigley 1 & 2
'17: Brooklyn - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
'18: London 1 & 2 / Seattle 1 & 2 / Missoula / Wrigley 1
'22: Nashville / St. Louis
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Well said
1995 San Francisco
San Jose
San Diego 2 shows
2003 Missoula
2005 Missoula
2006 Denver 2 shows with Tom Petty
Gorge 2 shows
2009 Utah
LA1
LA2
2012 Missoula : Meet and Greet : "Instant Classic show"
2013 Portland
Spokane
2018 Missoula
I'm tearing up reading that quote. It's perfect.
So great to see what people with the same lifestyle will do for eachother when help is needed..
Such a great group of cool people we have here and so proud to be one of them..
Thanx for the update and thanx to all in my Jamily...You all rock Brothers and Sisters.. :thumbup:
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thanx, very touching... its amazing what good comes from this board
yup. it's a great place full of great people.
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Karma was smiling at me yesterday for sure :thumbup: :thumbup:
Omigod, phew. That's awesome! This one was from Kelly yes? Good to hear everything's intact.
I am still blown away that I won.
Thank you all for the opportunity and the chance to help out someone in need.
This proves to me that there is still a lot of good in this world we live in.
Glad I am able to share this journey through life with you all.
Andy