Elijah Romari Boone

2003 - 2005
LocationVirginia Beach
Age1
Date of Birth9/2003
Date of Death5/2005
Visitors996 since 28/08/2008
CreatorMaria Boone

This memorial website was created in loving memory of our beloved baby,Elijah Romari Boone
who was born on September 09, 2003 and passed away suddenly in his sleep on May 3, 2005 at the tender age of 1 year 7 months and 24 days.

We will remember you forever and for always for you are "The Light and Love of Our Lives".

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THERE IS NO PAIN GREATER THAN THE DEATH OF A CHILD...

My 19 m/o baby Elijah passed away on Tuesday morning, May 3rd 2005. He would have turned 20 months that following Monday. We've already held his funeral (the day before Mother's Day) but the cause of death is still unknown.

Monday May 2, 2005, Elijah woke with a fever. I let him sleep after breakfast and when he woke for lunch I gave him a peanut butter & jelly sandwich and Tylenol chewable tabs. He laid down for his mid-afternoon nap on our couch in the den. I walked into the den an hour later and saw him sitting up looking at TV; he looked better, but even when he was sick he was always smiling and playful. When my older two boys got home from school we went to the grocery store so that I could make something for dinner that night. After dinner I sat at my computer and my oldest son Roshan asked if I could play his favorite song "Numb (Encore)", and so I did. All three of them...Roshan 9....Lorenzo 4....and Elijah 19 mos were dancing all around me as I watched. Elijah no longer had a fever and I even made a point of saying "My baby's not sick anymore" and picked him up and hugged and kissed him. My husband came around the corner from the kitchen, smiling at the site of Elijah dancing because I had mentioned to him earlier that Elijah had a fever. After the kids were done dancing and playing I brought them all upstairs. I laid Elijah on my bed so that he could fall asleep. I sat on our futon folding the rest of the laundry and watched as he fell asleep. All the while my husband was in the shower. When I finished with the clothes...I grabbed Elijah and picked him up off of my bed, and at that time my husband came out of the shower and saw me carrying Elijah out of our room. He was sleeping but he still was peeking out of his right eye at me and I just smiled. I kept kissing him and smelling his sweet cheeks before I laid him in his playpen...not knowing that it was going to be the last time I would see my baby alive.

No farewell words were spoken,
no time to say goodbye, you were
gone before we knew it, and only
God knows why.

My husband woke me up the next morning as it was routine for us all to get up around 5 a.m. to take him to work. He usually gets the older two boys and I get Elijah, but I just could not get up that morning. My husband then woke me up and told me to look at Elijah. I got up from bed and walked out of our room into the hallway and saw my husband sitting at the top of the steps with his face in his hands, telling me to look at Elijah. My heart was beating really fast and I was afraid of what I was going to see because if it wasn't of anything to worry about my husband would've had Elijah in his arms as he had just left from the kids' room. I could feel in my heart that something was terribly wrong but to what extent I wasn't sure. I walked into the kids' room and over to Elijah's playpen. Elijah was lying on his stomach with his face down in the pillow. I leaned over to pick up Elijah from his playpen and he was already stiff. I turned him over and death was staring at me in the face. It was the scariest thing I have ever seen in my life, and for that moment my heart just stopped. I didn't even feel as if that was my Elijah I was holding. I had to put him down quick and run to the phone. I called 911 and paramedics, police officers and even the fire department showed up at my house that morning. The operator tried to tell me to do CPR on my baby but I just kept crying and yelling that I couldn't even look at my baby...that I couldn't even hold my baby. The paramedics all went up into the room and I know they were doing what they could to resuscitate Elijah but I already knew in my heart that my baby was gone.

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Please visit Elijah's other memorial site: www.bolingling.memory-of.com


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There have been 24 tributes left for Elijah.

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A Child Loaned
I'll lend you for a little time a child of mine', he said,
'For you to love the while he lives, and mourn for when he's dead.
He may be six or seven years, or even two or three,
But will you, till I call him back, take care of him for me?
He'll bring his charm to gladden you, and, should his stay be brief,
You'll have his lovely memories as solace for your grief.

I cannot promise he will stay, since all from earth return,
But there are lessons taught down there I want this child to learn.
I've looked the wide world over in my search for teachers true
And from the throng that crowd life's lanes I have selected you.
Now will you give him all your love, nor think the labour's vain,
Nor hate me when I come to call and take him back again?'

I fancied that I heard them say, 'Dear Lord, thy will be done,
For all the joys thy child shall bring the risk of grief we'll run.
We'll shelter him with tenderness, we'll love him while we may
And for the happiness we've known for ever grateful stay.
But, should the angels call for him much sooner than we'd planned
We'll brave the bitter grief that comes and try to understand.

Sarah
Yesterday

Gone are the days we used to share,
But in our hearts you are always there;
The gates of memory will never close,
We miss you more than anyone knows;
With tender love and deep regret,
We who love you will never forget.

Maria Bonilla
4 days ago

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sweet dreams babe xxx

Iris Aldus (Friend)
1 week ago

You were a gift sent straight from Heaven.
Given to us from God above.
We didn't know how much you would teach us
About the meaning of true love...
For true love sometimes means letting go
Of someone precious and dear.
That is what we were forced to do...
Although we wanted to keep you here!!!
However, this is quite a selfish wish.
One we know we should ignore...
But, sweet Elijah, we truly do believe
That God must have needed you more...
Perhaps to be an Angel now,
Full of wisdom and love...
Watching over those of us who love you
From the shining stars above.
We miss you more than you can know.
You will never be replaced...
In our hearts and memories forever,
Will be your sweet and innocent sleeping face.

Kim Keisha Warner mom (Friend)
1 week ago

GOD,
*.*.*.OPENED
* ...*.*. THE WINDOWS
* * .* *.*.*.* OF HEAVEN.
.*) .*) *.*.*LOOKED AT ME
. (... *.*.*.**.*.*.*AND ASKED,
..*(...) .*.*.*.*.* **.*. *WHAT IS YOUR
* ....(...) * . * . * .* *PRAYER
* .*.. *....* (...) * .*FOR
.. *..(...). *....* .*TODAY?
.* ... *.... * *. * . * .**I
. * . * . . * . *.*. * . **ANSWERED:
__00000___00000 *.*. * .* .*GOD
_0000000_0000000. * . * .*TAKE
_0000 OOOO 00000. * . * .*CARE
__0000000000000 * . ** .*OF THE
___00000000000 * . *. * . * .*PERSON
_____0000000 * . *. * . ** *.*THAT
_______000 * . *. * * * .*.*IS
________0* . * .. ** .. * .*.*READING
. * .. ** .. * . * . * .* . *.*THIS
. * . (.. *** /) * .*.*MESSAGE
* . * ( ..(_)/ ) * * .BECAUSE
* . * (_ /|.. _) . **.* THIS PERSON IS
* . * . /___.. * . .* .*SO
. * * . * . * *SPECIAL

Iris Aldus (Friend)
1 week ago

friend
If you have a special friend,
You have the greatest treasure,
For the devotion that she shows
Will give you so much pleasure.
♥ღ♥
When troubles come your way
She's there to help you through;
She never fails or falters
In all she's asked to do.
♥ღ♥
When you need encouragement
She's there to cheer you on;
Her faith in you is constant
When other friends have gone.
♥ღ♥
Of all the precious jewels
The world could ever hold,
To have a friend like you
Is a beauty to behold X

Iris Aldus (Friend)
1 week ago

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good night god bless sweety xxxx

Iris Aldus (Friend)
2 weeks ago

Hold on to what is good even if it is a handful of earth.
Hold on to what you believe even if it is a tree which stands by itself.
Hold on to what you must do even if it is a long way from here.
Hold on to life even when it is easier letting go.
Hold on to my hand even when I have gone away from you.

- Pueblo Blessing

Kim Keisha Warner mom (Friend)
2 weeks ago

I will miss you be sure of that
There were so many good and bad times that we lived together
The details, the small things what didn’t seem important
Are the things that invade my thoughts as I remember you

I wish I could bring back time
To be able to see you again
To give you a hug
And never let you go

Yet I understand that your time came
That God has called you, to be by his side
That’s the way he wanted it, but I never thought
It would hurt so much

Who would think that life can end
In a second
Life is like dust, it spreads out in a moment
You came with nothing; nothing you take only what was within you

I wish I could bring back time
To be able to see you again
To give you a hug
And never let you go

Yet I understand that your time came
That God has called you, to be by his side
That’s the way he wanted it, but I never thought
It would hurt so much

“Don’t cry for me anymore
I am in place full of light
Where peace exists, where there is no evil
Where I can rest

Don’t cry for me anymore
It is so beautiful here, I never imagined
I want you to be happy, for you to be well
And when it’s your turn to leave I will see you here”

Maria Bonilla
2 weeks ago

Those we love remain with us
For love itself lives on,
And cherished memories never fade
Because a loved one's gone.
Those we love can never be
More than a thought apart,
Far as long as there is memory,
They'll live on in the heart.
Love,
Kim

Kim Keisha Warner mom (Friend)
2 weeks ago
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