Mobile memorial

[shanaqui]

I'm doing the Race for Life 5k on the 23rd and I'm currently raising money -- my team's page is here, or people in the UK can sponsor me by texting "AMNI89 £[amount]" to 70070.

But I also have a small personal project going on, which is really what I'm here for. I have a pink t-shirt which I am going to turn into a mobile memorial for people who've died of cancer: not just those I've lost, but anyone. If you comment here, or PM me, or email me at thebrightspark[at]gmail[dot]com, with however many names you like, they will be written on my t-shirt in fabric pen. However you'd like the name to feature will be what I write down -- just a first name, a pair of names kept together, a full name, a username... I can't promise anything about size/placement/colour, but I will feature every name I get, somehow.*

Examples of people on my list so far: my grandparents, my girlfriend's grandmother, a teacher of my mother's, Jack Swigert, Dashiell Hammett, a boy who lived in the same hall of residence as me at university, Kim Manners, Henrietta Lacks...

I'd love for my shirt to be so full of names you can barely see the original colour. Please share this around! On twitter, I'm using the hashtag #projecttshirt to talk about/promote it.

*If I run out of space for names on the t-shirt, I will add them to my backsign and my teammate's backsign and everywhere else I can think of.

Comments

[sid]

*hugs you* My mother's name was Phyllis. She died of ovarian cancer at age 64.

[shanaqui]

On the list. Thank you.

[jjhunter]

I've PMed you M's full name.

[shanaqui]

I don't seem to have received it -- but DW is being slow with notifications for me right now...

[alexseanchai]

Ray and Doris Owens

this is incredibly sweet of you by the way, thank you

[shanaqui]

On the shirt. Thank you for giving me names. ♥

[scheherezhad]

This is such a wonderful idea. I'd be honored for you to include my grandparents, Helen and Eugene.

[shanaqui]

Thank you. They're on my shirt now.

[clare_dragonfly]

Oh, wow, this is wonderful. Please add Gerrie, my grandmother.

[shanaqui]

I'm glad you like the idea. Thank you for the name -- she's been added to my shirt.

[kshandra]

Since his passing was just this past weekend, I suspect Iain Banks's name is already on your shirt, but I wanted to make sure.

On a more personal note, I'd appreciate it if you'd add Alex (dancingshaman) Baker, Laura (smileystickman) Laser, Anna (peaberry) Pope, and Gale Salwocki. (You don't need to include the journal names, but I thought you might want to read their stories.)

And thank you.

[shanaqui]

Yep, it was the first name added after family members.

I've written them on the shirt now. Thank you.

[susanreads]

This is an intriguing idea for a memorial.

You could add my mother, Hilda, who was about the same age I am now.

[shanaqui]

I got the idea because a lot of people doing the Race for Life write the names of their lost loved ones on their backsign, where you're supposed to explain what/who you're racing for. Mine last year simply said "everyone". This year, though, I can't stop thinking of my grandfather (who I lost in the last year), but I want to be reminded of how many people have lost, that it isn't just a personal fight but one for everyone.

I've added your mother's name to my t-shirt. Thank you.

[elrhiarhodan]

Here via Copperbadge's Radio Free Monday.

My grandmother's name was Jeanne (1995)
My mother's name was Isobel (2002)
My father's name was Seymour (2010)

Thank you for this

[shanaqui]

Added to my t-shirt. Thank you for the names.

[sailorsol]

Here via Copperbadge, and I think this is a fantastic idea.

Please add Carol E. Stephens, one of my college professors and mentors; and Barbara C., my grandmother.

<3

[shanaqui]

Both names have been added to the t-shirt. Thank you.

[clachnaben]

My uncle's name was Ian, he died last year of lung cancer leaving a wife and five kids.

This is an amazing thing you're doing!

[shanaqui]

Lung cancer is horrible; I think all three of my deceased grandparents died with it (though it metastasised and I'm not even sure we ever knew the point of origin). My sympathies. Thank you for offering up the name. It's on my shirt now.

[norah]

Jack (my grandfather), Bill (my uncle), Chuck (my college mentor). Thank you for doing this.

[shanaqui]

Thank you for sharing the names. I've written them straight onto the t-shirt.

[tinkcph.livejournal.com]

Also here via Copperbadge's Radio Free Monday.

Sadaf Azizi died last month of a brain tumor. She was 25 years old.
My grandmother's name was Bodil.
My grandfather's name was Roar. (Yes, really. It's an old Danish name.)
My favorite teacher's name was Kirsten.

This is a really wonderful thing you're doing. Thank you.

[shanaqui]

I'm getting names of all cultures on my shirt, which really pleases me -- Roar is in good company. Thank you for sharing the names.

[ngaio]

Technically my dad didn't die of cancer, but he had three cancers when when he died (he died of pneumonia). His name was Martin.

Otherwise - Spencer, and Jeanne. And Robin.

(My mother-in-law has survived three cancers! Paula)

[shanaqui]

Their names have been added. Thank you.

[schnoogle]

Robin - my uncle (2007)
Bridget - a little girl from my primary school (1994)
Rosalind Franklin - a scientist who helped discover the structure of DNA (1958)
Audrey Hepburn (1993)

[shanaqui]

Thank you. The names have been added.

[cafela]

This is a really neat idea. My grandfather died of skin cancer; his name was Harold Dixon.

[shanaqui]

His name has been added.

[juniperphoenix]

George Harrison
Linda McCartney
Peter Jennings
My grandparents, Bill and Melverna
My professor, Austin
My friend's mother, Hinda

Thank you for doing this; it's a lovely idea. (Here via copperbadge.)

[shanaqui]

Names added. Thank you.

[jainas]

My aunt and godmother was Chantal. She died last month of lung cancer within two months.

Thank you.

[shanaqui]

Her name's been added to my shirt. Sympathies with your loss.

Names (from Sam's Cafe...)

[sgt_majorette]

Baby Brother Joey 1954-2009

(He was a non-smoker who died of lung cancer. Thanks so much!)

Re: Names (from Sam's Cafe...)

[shanaqui]

Name added. Thank you.

[dorothy1901]

Here via copperbadge.

Please add Miriam Ugol.

Thank you tons for doing this.

[shanaqui]

The name's been added. Thank you.

[lasergirl]

Kit Pixley.

Too young, 21, leukemia.

[shanaqui]

I'm sorry. Thank you for the name.

[sunlitshadows]

My grandfathers, both of lung cancers:

Thomas Hill (1990)
Johnny Small (2009)

Thank you for doing this!

[shanaqui]

The names have been added. Thank you.

[a_phoenixdragon]

My great-aunt died of metastastic cancer. Her name was Norma Jean Lawson

[shanaqui]

She's been added to my shirt. Thank you for sharing.

[tangerine42]

Here via copperbadge. My great aunt, Gertrude Heim. died of esophageal cancer several years ago. Thank you :)

[shanaqui]

I've added her name to my shirt. Thank you.

[larathia]

My father in law was James Nauer; he died just a few weeks ago of cancer.

[shanaqui]

I've added his name to the t-shirt. Thank you for sharing.

[silver04.livejournal.com]

Also here via RadioFreeMonday.

My grandpa died of stomach cancer a little over a year ago. Albert D.

[shanaqui]

I've added his name to the t-shirt. Thank you for sharing.