R.I.P SON

Luke Patrick Delia
December 22, 1991 – Janurary 21, 2013

 

HIS  LAST  HEART-BEATS   GIFT

My son, Luke, lived 21 years battling Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. And in those years 98% of the time with a smile on his face despite all his hardships. His life here is a true gift from God that I’d do all over again. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t miss him or remember a blessing he bestowed on me or someone around him. Without saying a word he would make us all strive to be better people. Whether reading about his first 18 years of life or just meeting him once. Luke is a true inspiration and life example to all who cross his path, even after death. But the gift of his last heart beats is what gives me the most peace. That gift being, sharing his transcendence to heaven. I now know I’ll see my beloved son again.

We think of you each day as we bow our heads to pray. A true gift from above so filled with love. From your soft touch to all the things we miss so much. The smile and the look in your eye. We never say goodbye. Simply thank you from “This Place”

To read Luke’s Poem “This Place” which is engraved on the back of his headstone, view the eThrive Duchenne Digest below by clicking the lower right of the publication to flip the pages.