Honoring Wesly's Birthday
/October 9 would have been Wesly's 26th birthday. I ponder, can I call it his birthday any more, or call it his date of birth? Anyways, I still call it birthday, not sure I’m supposed to… I just wanted to do something to honor him..and to let others participate .
At first I was going to do balloons, but not environmentally friendly, which was important to Wes. I also thought about Chinese lanterns, but could be fire hazard, with drought... so I came up with the idea of a painted rock garden. At first, the idea was daunting.. because, I have never done this... painting skills, not very good.. I wondered, who would show up…
but some wonderful friends helped me with this rock garden journey. Elaine painted about 20 amazing images on the stones for me, things that was connected to like a guitar, headphones, animals and even mac and cheese. Then I found a reasonable place on etsy to make a simple etched stone with his image and name. I bought a book on rock painting, some paint supplies and candles. Some of my friends went searching for rocks with me and others let me go on their property and look for rocks in their water area. Then I just made some chili and also some chop suey (one of Wesly’s favorites) and made an event on facebook. Some of our friends, and Wesly’s friends showed up, others are dropping off/mailing later., there isn’t a time limit, but an ongoing memorial for Wes. We painted rocks, visited, reminisced about Wes and I feel in my heart, honored him, on his special day.
