The Children's Memorial Walkway has been dedicated to all the lost children of the area. This is the site where a drunk driver t-boned a van and killed a killed a small girl, Madison Scalzo in 2006. She was 10 years old. Her mother needed an outlet of some kind to help deal with the nightmare and worked diligently to get this Memorial up and running. The Mayor's Arts Council joined the effort and then the City of Gillette itself. It is becoming a place of peace and somewhere to visit and remember the our little ones. People have donated money for benches, etc and the Mayor's Arts Council purchased a bronze of a dove to be the focal point. The walkway up the middle are stones people can purchase to remember their loved ones. This year the family of a 7 month old infant were the keynote family. Along with a balloon launch the family sent up white doves. It was a very moving ceremony and helps give families another avenue to release pain - a pain that just keeps giving.
Our friend Chris Clark purchased one for K.C. She's also purchased several more for families she knows each year. During our journey I requested she pick the gravesite for K. She did an amazing job and continues to watch over the place every year. Several years ago she brought her parents' urns over from Germany and created a place for them. She chose K.'s site (and ours also) just across the road from her family. She decorates all the graves. Thank you Chris - we love you!
The stones in the garden have tiny feet in them.
It doesn't matter how old your child is when they pass - your heart has a hole in it. Parents should pass FIRST after all. This is a beautiful sculpute by a local Dentist/Artist Pat Love for the parents of this young man.
This year they finally came up with a logo - and are selling tshirts with this on them. It fits right in with our family as the Butterfly has a deep meaning for us. Our little ones no longer need their cocoon of body and have become beautiful butterflies.
A big Thank You to the folks that donate time, talent and materials to create this oasis in a painfilled desert to the grieving.
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