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Poema
Murs rocailles fleurs astres
le bleu qui blesse et
la raucité des hauteurs
l'espace bourgeonne
Aucune attache n'entrave
la densité de la marche
on porte la douceur
légère comme un mirage
Guy Hingue
le bleu qui blesse et
la raucité des hauteurs
l'espace bourgeonne
Aucune attache n'entrave
la densité de la marche
on porte la douceur
légère comme un mirage
Guy Hingue
Missing you
Seany,
Not a day goes by that I don't look up my driveway waiting to hear you say "What's up"? I carry you in my heart.
Hector Hurtado
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Thank you for sharing Sean's life
It took till now before I could open this website; it is a deeply moving tribute to Sean's beautiful but too-brief life... so powerful to read the writings in his own hand and see his life nestled in your lovely family in the photos. Thank you for sharing these precious moments of Sean's life.
With much love,
Julia
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Sean
Fede, What a beautiful tribute to a wonderful son. It is apparent that your family is very close, and that you encouraged Sean to explore his creativity and sense of adventure. His diary entries convey his sweet sensitivity. Thank you for sharing his life.
Christy Jones
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Shared
Fede,
Thank you for sharing the website, an amazing job. At the memorial, I was very moved seeing all those that Sean's life had touched. He was well loved. I'm so sorry his time with you and your family was so short. I have shared Sean's story with my boys. Perhaps sparing one or two or even a hundred or a thousand from this same ending will be Sean's greatest gift (okay, the guitar playing is a really close second!).
May you seek and find peace, my friend.
Darcia
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Thank you for sharing the website, an amazing job. At the memorial, I was very moved seeing all those that Sean's life had touched. He was well loved. I'm so sorry his time with you and your family was so short. I have shared Sean's story with my boys. Perhaps sparing one or two or even a hundred or a thousand from this same ending will be Sean's greatest gift (okay, the guitar playing is a really close second!).
May you seek and find peace, my friend.
Darcia
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Your beautiful son
Kelly and Fede,
I'm not sure you remember me, I'm Ian's sister from Uruguay. There is, of course, nothing I can say - the pain of losing a child is beyond imaginable. I didn't know your beautiful son, but I can tell from the pictures and his diary entries that he knew he was loved deeply by his family and friends.
On behalf of all parents out there I embrace you very tightly, letting you know that we share your grief.
Much love,
Kathy Walker
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Sean's website
It was with great happiness to receive the e-mail with Sean's website details. Its a fantastic tribute to him . I have been wanting to write to you but thought it was inopportune do to so( Honestly trying to find the courage), and I am so glad you beat me to it. I have been in communication with Veronica , who has been filling me in . I honestly wanted to be at the memorial but it was just impossible at such short notice.
There is not one day that goes by that we are not thinking about you all.
We love you
Ian, Lorena, and Patrick Gordon
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An Inspiration
Seany, tears are streaming down my face as i explore this page. Both tears of happiness and of sorrow. You have such a beautiful soul. You are just full of GOODNESS. I have always been so inspired by your attitude and outlook on life. Honestly, ever since we met i wanted to be more like you. Your smile was always earnest happiness, never forced, because you were just a happy person. You were legitimately happy for other people too. I remember how easy it was to love you, and to feel loved by you. Your death was a great loss to the world sean, we really need more people like you.
I hope you know how proud everyone is of you. We all know where you were, where you wanted to be, and how much heart you put into making sure you got there. My heart breaks to think about you having to go through what you went through for just one minute. But i know that relief and sanctuary has fallen upon you now. I pray for your peace, body mind and spirit. I know that you are somewhere doing the exact same for me, for all your family and friends.
I had a dream about you the other night. I found you when i was lost in some foreign place and couldn't find my way. I cried my eyes out when i saw you, but you just smiled and hugged me. We walked around and talked about all the things we hadn't kept each other updated on in our lives. You showed me all our favorite places to hangout, and the marks that we had left on those places. None of the places exist in reality, but they had so much weight and meaning in my dream. I cried lightly when i woke up, and reminded myself how lucky i am to have had such an angel in my life at all.
Thank you for existing at all Sean. Thank you for being in my life. You taught me what it means to be happy, and what it means to be a great, wonderful, wholesome person. I promise to find passion in my life, and to follow and cherish that passion, in order to honor your love and devotion to music. I love you always Sean. Missing you with all my heart.
Anna Samson
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Sean
Sometimes I find it difficult to find the words to adequately express the depth of feeling that I wish to convey. This is one of those times. Robert Ingersoll was a great American orator from the Golden Age, and I think his words express the heartfelt sentiments I hope will offer you some peace.
"We cannot tell, we do not know, but whether death is a an end or a beginning, we must not fear. For death is perfect rest and peace. The dead do not suffer. If somewhere else there is another dawn, if somewhere else your child lives again, surely his life will be as good as ours. So be comforted. Take up your daily lives, help each other; hope that someday you will know and love again the child you loved here."
Marc and Jane MacEwing
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"We cannot tell, we do not know, but whether death is a an end or a beginning, we must not fear. For death is perfect rest and peace. The dead do not suffer. If somewhere else there is another dawn, if somewhere else your child lives again, surely his life will be as good as ours. So be comforted. Take up your daily lives, help each other; hope that someday you will know and love again the child you loved here."
Marc and Jane MacEwing
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Chonnay!
Some really nice photos here. Hard to look at but also hilarious. You guys got some really nice shots over the years.
That's a cute baby Seany P. right there! You'll always be with me, brother - I hope you know you were one of my very best friends, dood, and you'll never be replaced. If only we had more time, man. Shred on! Love you brother!!
Thank you all for posting the transcripts and videos of the memorial. I'm really happy that I now feel that in some way I took part in it.
So many of the things that were said were exactly the things that I saw in Sean and admired: What Taylor said about the way his smile could just light you up because you knew it was founded in true joy when it came out. Even before we were close friends, in high school when my friend Jake introduced me to him I just remember thinking about how nice and 'smiley' he seemed. I'd only met him one time and months later I was at a wrestling tournament walking and I heard somebody call my name from the bleachers. I looked up and saw Sean sitting there, like some wise soul watching over everybody, smiling. He just had this certain twinkle in his eye when he smiled - I'm sure many of you have noted it. I'm really going to miss that.
And that was also so exemplary of the other quality that Taylor mentioned about Sean's amazing ability to bring people he liked in to is life. We'd only hung out once, and already i felt treated like a good friend. When we became reacquainted up at Berkeley, it pretty much only took one night of hanging out and sharing music before we quickly realized that we were going to be best of friends. It was just, like, implicitly understood.
What Taylor said about his 100% unfiltered personality and his unparalleled passion, which I think are one and the same. I always really admired that about him. He described exactly how he felt, he wasn't shy about expressing appreciation for you directly to your face and he wasn't shy about expressing right to your face things that he didn't like. I even remember times when I would feel embarrassed (if say Sean and Jake and I were around a new group of people at Berkeley, maybe pretty girls or macho frat guys or just generally people who tended to think they were really cool and were often thereby pretty judgmental) I would feel embarrassed when Sean would just come right out with his passion-infused unfiltered authentic self. I would think to myself, "Don't you worry about what these people might be thinking about you?" In such circumstances I would always be nervous, calculating my words and actions, afraid to just be myself regardless of what some judgmental person might think about me. Like I said, at the time I felt some type of embarrassment, but now, looking back, I realize how much I could, and still can, learn from Sean in this way. I was always amazed how he was the exact same person around his family that he was with his closest friends. He'd use the same slang, the same goofiness. I've never personally been able to bridge that gap, worried about what my parents might even think about my authentic self but Sean's honesty included his personality - he just was what he was regardless of circumstance. I know few people in this world who are like that.
I really only knew Sean as a close friend for 3 and a half years, and yet it truly feels like we've been best buds forever. He really could just bring people in to his life and not just become friends, but best friends. But he chose his integral buds wisely and somewhat sparingly, and that's another reason why I feel so honored to have been embraced by him.
There's just so much to say about Sean. He had such a strong character and personality. Many people I meet seem to simply be caricatures of whatever identity or stereotype they adopt. Sean was the complete opposite of that.
It's so hard to look at all of this and remember how much the world was robbed of. But at least it has given me a chance to stop, and really take a look at the person Sean was, and let all of what he offered truly sink in and be appreciated. I wish I took the time to do that with all of my closest loved ones, while they're still here with me.
You taught me a lot, brother and I'll always always have a whole bunch of love for you!
Thanks, Fede and Kelly and Shea for sharing all of this.
Niel Caldwell
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That's a cute baby Seany P. right there! You'll always be with me, brother - I hope you know you were one of my very best friends, dood, and you'll never be replaced. If only we had more time, man. Shred on! Love you brother!!
Thank you all for posting the transcripts and videos of the memorial. I'm really happy that I now feel that in some way I took part in it.
So many of the things that were said were exactly the things that I saw in Sean and admired: What Taylor said about the way his smile could just light you up because you knew it was founded in true joy when it came out. Even before we were close friends, in high school when my friend Jake introduced me to him I just remember thinking about how nice and 'smiley' he seemed. I'd only met him one time and months later I was at a wrestling tournament walking and I heard somebody call my name from the bleachers. I looked up and saw Sean sitting there, like some wise soul watching over everybody, smiling. He just had this certain twinkle in his eye when he smiled - I'm sure many of you have noted it. I'm really going to miss that.
And that was also so exemplary of the other quality that Taylor mentioned about Sean's amazing ability to bring people he liked in to is life. We'd only hung out once, and already i felt treated like a good friend. When we became reacquainted up at Berkeley, it pretty much only took one night of hanging out and sharing music before we quickly realized that we were going to be best of friends. It was just, like, implicitly understood.
What Taylor said about his 100% unfiltered personality and his unparalleled passion, which I think are one and the same. I always really admired that about him. He described exactly how he felt, he wasn't shy about expressing appreciation for you directly to your face and he wasn't shy about expressing right to your face things that he didn't like. I even remember times when I would feel embarrassed (if say Sean and Jake and I were around a new group of people at Berkeley, maybe pretty girls or macho frat guys or just generally people who tended to think they were really cool and were often thereby pretty judgmental) I would feel embarrassed when Sean would just come right out with his passion-infused unfiltered authentic self. I would think to myself, "Don't you worry about what these people might be thinking about you?" In such circumstances I would always be nervous, calculating my words and actions, afraid to just be myself regardless of what some judgmental person might think about me. Like I said, at the time I felt some type of embarrassment, but now, looking back, I realize how much I could, and still can, learn from Sean in this way. I was always amazed how he was the exact same person around his family that he was with his closest friends. He'd use the same slang, the same goofiness. I've never personally been able to bridge that gap, worried about what my parents might even think about my authentic self but Sean's honesty included his personality - he just was what he was regardless of circumstance. I know few people in this world who are like that.
I really only knew Sean as a close friend for 3 and a half years, and yet it truly feels like we've been best buds forever. He really could just bring people in to his life and not just become friends, but best friends. But he chose his integral buds wisely and somewhat sparingly, and that's another reason why I feel so honored to have been embraced by him.
There's just so much to say about Sean. He had such a strong character and personality. Many people I meet seem to simply be caricatures of whatever identity or stereotype they adopt. Sean was the complete opposite of that.
It's so hard to look at all of this and remember how much the world was robbed of. But at least it has given me a chance to stop, and really take a look at the person Sean was, and let all of what he offered truly sink in and be appreciated. I wish I took the time to do that with all of my closest loved ones, while they're still here with me.
You taught me a lot, brother and I'll always always have a whole bunch of love for you!
Thanks, Fede and Kelly and Shea for sharing all of this.
Niel Caldwell
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Bringing it all together
What you have compiled and written is a wonderfully evocative and stirring tribute. It must have been simultaneously a sorrow and a palliative to work on. You wrote that it is intended also as a tribute to his friends. Ironically, by bringing it all together on this website, Fede, you not only honored Sean's friends, but also helped both family members and friends move further along or deeper in our individual mourning and grieving. For that also, gracias.
Un abrazo,
Ray Reisler
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Un abrazo,
Ray Reisler
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In my heart
To our friends,
The four of you are in my heart now and always.
With love,
Claudia McGarry
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The four of you are in my heart now and always.
With love,
Claudia McGarry
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Tribute
An incredible (and heartbreaking) tribute, Fede. Thank you for sharing it.
John Nelson
John Nelson
Recordarlo para siempre con una sonrisa
Muy emocionante, Fede. Fue imposible no largar el llanto una vez más. No sé de dónde sacaste la fuerza para armar el website, pero será muy bienvenido, tanto por aquéllos/as que tuvieron el privilegio de conocer a Sean de verdad como por aquéllos/as que lamentablemente no lo tuvimos. Aún en simples fotos había algo en su expresión que siempre me atraía como un imán, sin poder explicar por qué, y ahora tengo mucho más claro por qué tantas veces pensé que me encantaría conocerlo más. Qué mayor prueba que las palabras de sus seres más queridos? No recuerdo haber oído o leído adioses tansentidos. Una vida demasiado corta, y un tremendo dolor para muchos... pero también sin duda unos pocos años que
dejaron muchas más marcas en el camino que lo habitual. Y como bien le decías, ahora está libre de sus penas. Nada de todo eso es un verdadero consuelo pero, a pesar de las lágrimas, obliga a recordarlo para siempre con una sonrisa, tratando de que sea tan linda y dulce como la suya. Un abrazo fuerte para los tres.
Sylvia Alonso
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dejaron muchas más marcas en el camino que lo habitual. Y como bien le decías, ahora está libre de sus penas. Nada de todo eso es un verdadero consuelo pero, a pesar de las lágrimas, obliga a recordarlo para siempre con una sonrisa, tratando de que sea tan linda y dulce como la suya. Un abrazo fuerte para los tres.
Sylvia Alonso
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No tengo palabras
No tengo palabras, Fede. Este recordatorio que creaste es una obra de arte, y un digno reflejo de las vidas que toco Sean. Tuvo una vida muy corta, pero entre todos la llenaron a más no poder. Tuvo una suerte enorme de haber nacido con ustedes, y ustedes de haberlo tenido de hijo a el. El vacio que deja es enorme, y se que no hay consuelo, pero con esto has dejado constancia y un reflejo de una vida muy bien vivida.
Lo siento enormemente por vos, por Kelly, y por Shea.
Y tambien, y si estoy desubicado aqui te pido perdon por salirme del tema, pero tambien me hace refelexionar a mi de la suerte que he tenido de conocerte a traves de los años de mi vida; un verdadero privilegio, y se que Sean pensaba igual.
Un abrazo de mi alma a la tuya.
Stuart Law (Heber)
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Lo siento enormemente por vos, por Kelly, y por Shea.
Y tambien, y si estoy desubicado aqui te pido perdon por salirme del tema, pero tambien me hace refelexionar a mi de la suerte que he tenido de conocerte a traves de los años de mi vida; un verdadero privilegio, y se que Sean pensaba igual.
Un abrazo de mi alma a la tuya.
Stuart Law (Heber)
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A truly special human being
Thank you so very much for sharing. I read every word. A wonderful tribute to a truly special human being.
My heart goes out to you and Kelly and your daughter. Only the three of you know the extent of the pain and the loss experienced when a loving, sensitive and kind son and brother is gone.
My thoughts are with you.
With respect and love,
Peter MacDougall
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My heart goes out to you and Kelly and your daughter. Only the three of you know the extent of the pain and the loss experienced when a loving, sensitive and kind son and brother is gone.
My thoughts are with you.
With respect and love,
Peter MacDougall
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Beautiful tribute
It is wonderful to see Sean smiling, surrounded by his incredible family and friends. What a beautiful tribute to his life and his significant accomplishments. Few people have a life so rich and full of love.
Mark Sumner
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Great heart
I am pretty sure that I saw every photo and every video on this site. I never got a chance to meet Sean. I feel like I now have a much better understanding of who he was as a person. The Memorial was wonderful. It showed me that Sean had many friends near and far. The videos showed me some of the wonderful life Sean lead with his family. The photos were sweet and some very touching showing Sean grow through the years. I loved very much Fede's recount of his and Sean's hike up Mt. Whitney, but most of all the diaries showed me his great heart and soul. His music reviews are priceless, I wish that there were more of them. I am certain that Sean's family and friends wish that they could have had more of Sean.
Rene van Bronkhorst
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Rene van Bronkhorst
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Mt. Whitney
Fede, Just read your diary of Mt. Whitney trip! I am so glad you had this time with Sean!
Susan Kipp (La Americana)
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Susan Kipp (La Americana)
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Every day
Seany, we miss you so much. Every day, forever. We will always love you and carry you in our hearts.
Mom and Dad
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Mom and Dad
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A vous tous, parents et amis de Sean,
Nous n'avons jamais eu l'occasion de faire la connaissance de Sean, mais nous t'avons rencontrés Fede il y a un peu plus de 20 ans. Sue est venue cet été en France et nous a raconté ton histoire et celle de Sean. Nous vous adressons toutes nos condoléances et partageons votre immense peine devant cette terrible épreuve. Aucun mot n'est assez fort, il n'existe pas de consolation face à la perte d'un enfant. Nous voulons juste vous témoigner d'une chose: " Le malheur d'avoir perdu Sean ne doit pas effacer le bonheur de l'avoir connu."
Nous sommes de tout coeur avec vous.Nous vous adressons tout notre soutien.
Affectueusement
Sandra et Raphael from France (Mulhouse)
Nous sommes de tout coeur avec vous.Nous vous adressons tout notre soutien.
Affectueusement
Sandra et Raphael from France (Mulhouse)