If you’d like to honor Evan Kamida’s life, but can’t be at the memorial in person, you can do what I’m doing: I’m going to put flowers near a swingset here in Montana, take a picture, and post it with links, so Vicki and her family will know I’ve been thinking of them.
Can you imagine it? Flowers at swingsets and playgrounds all across the country–flowers for a little boy who loved to swing, and for the mama standing behind him. I hope you’ll join me, and help spread the word.
Thanks to Shannon for the brilliant idea!
Here’s the first that I know about (thank you, Christa):
and more:
and this Flickr pool of images





24 responses so far ↓
Niksmom // July 26, 2008 at 5:26 pm |
What a beautiful idea! Is there one person to colect all the links?
kristen // July 26, 2008 at 5:37 pm |
Amazing. Beautiful, wonderful, heartbreaking idea. Thank you.
Jordan // July 26, 2008 at 5:54 pm |
That is gorgeous.
ukrainemom // July 26, 2008 at 6:14 pm |
Great idea!
kyra // July 26, 2008 at 6:16 pm |
what an amazing idea.
just beautiful.
xx
kyra
jennifergg // July 26, 2008 at 6:44 pm |
Updated to add…link to Vicki, so she can see it, and link to me, and I’ll collect the posts for her for later.
xo
canisitwithyou // July 26, 2008 at 7:22 pm |
I have set up a Flickr Group Photo Pool called Swingset Flowers for Evan Kamida:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/861296@N22/pool/
Flickr members can add their photos to this group whenever they like.
-Shannon
mom-nos // July 27, 2008 at 1:30 am |
This is beautiful, and perfect.
Top Posts From the Past 2 Weeks // July 27, 2008 at 4:02 pm |
[...] take a photo of flowers at a swingset and post it to this Flickr pool. Shannon Des Roches Rosa and Jennifer Graf Gronenberg have posted more [...]
Maddy // July 27, 2008 at 5:23 pm |
Yes a brilliant idea indeed. I clicked over to Flickr [I'm a member] but it’s a private group. Any ideas for the technically challenged?
Best wishes
canisitwithyou // July 27, 2008 at 5:59 pm |
Hi Maddy,
When you go to the Group page, there is a “join” link near the top (admittedly not that easy to find amidst the thicket of other links). Good luck and contact me directly if you have any other Q’s.
-Shannon
Whitterer on Autism » Blog Archive » To Vicki Forman // July 27, 2008 at 6:50 pm |
[...] you to “Jennifer” at “Pinwheels” for guiding me through, and to “Shannon” for the [...]
TLC // July 28, 2008 at 1:38 am |
[...]take a picture of flowers near a swingset and upload it to: Swingset Flowers for Evan Kamida Christa took the first picture, what a beautifully simple and moving idea.
Memorial information[...]
T.
Flowers and Swings for Evan // July 28, 2008 at 4:00 pm |
[...] Take a photo of flowers at a swingset and post it to this Flickr pool. Shannon Des Roches Rosa and Jennifer Graf Gronenberg have posted more [...]
killlashandra // July 29, 2008 at 1:19 am |
It’s a great picture and a great idea too.
Christy // July 29, 2008 at 1:42 am |
What a beautiful idea. Thank you for spreading this to the rest of us Jennifer. I just posted my picture and if I get a chance later I’ll try to figure out the Flickr group.
The link to my post is: http://www.parents.com/dgroups/persona.jsp?userId=2bda4ddea688e36a3447963d739fcab7&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3a2bda4ddea688e36a3447963d739fcab7Post%3a340a1af4-e912-4969-860c-7c057e654102&plckCommentSortOrder=TimeStampAscending
Janice (5 Minutes for Mom) // July 29, 2008 at 5:25 am |
I just heard about this sad news from Steph. It is heart breaking.
The flower memorial is a beautiful idea. Thanks for spreading the word.
Single Mom Seeking… | Evan // July 29, 2008 at 2:53 pm |
[...] this morning in Pasadena, CA. If you have a blog and would like to participate in a cybermemorial, friends and writers around the world are honoring Evan by taking pictures of flowers on swings because Evan loved to swing. You can get more information [...]
Kelly // July 29, 2008 at 3:50 pm |
Jennifer, this is perfect. Thank you for this beautiful idea in memory of Evan.
My flower can be found here:
http://jenellesjourney.blogspot.com/2008/07/flowers-at-swings-for-evan.html
SingleMomSeeking // July 29, 2008 at 5:07 pm |
Thank you for this beautiful, meaningful photo.
I’m so honored that I had the chance to meet you — with Vicki — at BlogHer. I linked to you today. xoxo
jennifergg // July 29, 2008 at 8:10 pm |
Thank you all, so much. I can’t think of a more lovely, and loving tribute to a beautiful little boy.
Flowers for Evan // July 30, 2008 at 1:01 am |
[...] you can see more posts dedicated to Evan at Pinwheels, Whitterer on Autism, MOM – Not Otherwise Specified, Maternal Instincts, Squidalicious, and Autism [...]
Flowers for Evan - Untrue Media // August 1, 2008 at 9:08 am |
[...] you can see more posts dedicated to Evan at Pinwheels, Whitterer on Autism, MOM – Not Otherwise Specified, Maternal Instincts, Squidalicious, and Autism [...]
Su // June 26, 2009 at 9:24 am |
Nice blog. It is appreciated.