Bride Devin Navarro, who married in a nearby downtown church, stopped by with her entire wedding party after her ceremony. She and her bridesmaids laid their beautiful bouquets at the AME memorial.
The upstairs window in the house across the street from the church. I'm sure the house has seen much in it's history....but nothing like this.
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| Memorial Service |
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Memorial Service  |
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| Thousands of Signatures |
Resident directly across across from the church watching
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| Deep flowers on the sidewalk |
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| Prayer |
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| Nine Candles |
As that intense hot sun set that night and the silver moon rose over the church I couldn't help but think how blessed we are and how precious life is. We must not waste it. It goes by way too quick.
We all got to wake up the next day and get another chance.......another try.....more time. More time to laugh and love and play. More time to hold those babies and grandbabies and great grandbabies close and teach them right from wrong. Teach them love and acceptance instead of hate. Teach them by doing.........by showing.........by living what is right.
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From the Charleston Post Courier:
Local surfers participated in a memorial paddle out at Folly Beach Saturday morning to remember the nine people killed on June 17 at Mother Emanuel AME Church. M
IST
Y LISTER
(photo-Charleston Post Courier)
Local surfers met near the pier at Folly Beach Saturday morning to hold a paddle-out ceremony to honor the nine people killed in the June 17 shootings at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.
Paddle-out ceremonies are performed by surfers usually to remember a fellow surfer who has died, but sometimes there are special exceptions.
The memorial tradition, thought to have been started by Hawaiians in the early 1900s, usually begins with surfers gathering on a beach, sharing words or prayers, and then paddling out beyond the breakers, forming a circle or massing together, throwing flowers and/or a wreath in the water.
MISTY
LISTER
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"God Bless all affected by this terrible tragedy"
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| Our thoughts and prayers are with you |
I'm so sorry you are living through this. I've said this before but we lived in Oklahoma City when the bombing happened. It's unbelievable the level of sadness that sweeps through when things like this happen. But people pull together in the most wonderful ways. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
ReplyDeleteThank you Stacey! We did visit the lovely Memorial there years ago. Tragedies such as these just don't make sense do they?
DeleteThank you for sharing these images. Such a tragic loss of life. It is really touching that the bridal party honored the victims by leaving their pretty flowers. Hope you have a good day.
ReplyDeleteThank you Mildred! I think the shooter picked the wrong city and the wrong church to carry out his evil!!
DeleteHopefully, better days will come after this awful tragedy. One horrible man did this, but the good people of Charleston came together and mourned.
ReplyDeleteThank ....i am so proud how the people of our city have conducted themselves!
DeleteSuch strength is a time of sorrow. Peace and blessings on all the city.
ReplyDeleteThank you Beth! Appreciate it!
Deleteit is so touching to see how people pull together in a time of tragedy <3
ReplyDeleteI know. That part is amazing.
DeleteSuch a terrible loss of life and your photos tell the story better then any news program. What a special thing to do leaving the bouquets from the wedding party. Prayers on going.
ReplyDeleteHugs and Blessings, cm
Thank you so much Celestina! There were so many flowers!
DeleteVery sad. The shooting with 26 deaths. It leaves me feeling hopeless...
ReplyDeleteWoW...this is so very powerful, i have not seen any images like these until now!! there are no words that can heal this tragedy. no way to understand it!! it does bring people together, in both love and comfort and that's what i choose to remember!!!
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