7 tcf.org.uk were teenagers and Will always wanted to go back there. These friends always have their Will pebble with them and they told me, “He comes everywhere with us”. This means so much to me. I have also painted some bigger stones which are at the cemetery by Will’s bench and tree. We laid them out at the base of the tree next to the candle during Will’s ashes ceremony this spring. I have put some of the bigger pebbles in our garden too. I work in a school and the children have suggested that I put one on the prayer table in the classroom and one in the school garden - how wonderful is that. The pebbles are getting around; one at the summit of Snowden, on Caerketton Hill outside Edinburgh, Ireland, Helsinki, Bali, Vienna, Majorca, France, Wales, Norfolk, Silverstone and quite a few in local woodlands tucked behind bluebells or nestled beneath trees. Some mini ones are just slipped into people’s pockets or bags. It breaks my heart over and over again that Will can no longer experience the beauty of the world. Painting these pebbles has given me moments of peace and calm in the sea of grief as I try to find some sense of meaning and purpose in a world without Will in it. Knowing that friends and family are carrying Will Pebbles brings me comfort and a little glimmer of hope. I know that they all love him and miss him and carry him with them in their hearts. They now carry him as a little pebble too. COMPASSION | FEATURE: WILL’S PEBBLES
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