Letters.
I can’t explain the sadness that overwhelms me when I think of Seth. Seth touched so many lives and he still does. His smile would brighten anybody’s day. Seth was such a sweetheart! I remember him laughing and running around the pool as a child! He liked to have fun- I see that never changed as he grew into an awesome young man! Seth had so much potential, I’m so sad he just never realized he could have done anything he set his mind to. Seth had a great sense of humor- he was so quick to come back with a response that you didn’t even have time to digest what you had said and he was already answering. I could go on continuously about what a great guy he was. I need to believe he’s somewhere now doing all the great things that he was supposed to do here! Love you Seth!
Dawn Sutherland
Dawn Sutherland
For my wedding toast, Seth’s speech started with “sometimes life works in unfair ways. We can’t always control the outcome, but we can control who we are.”
Jill Schuler
When his two younger cousins, Sophia (9) and Alexsa (7) were asked how they would want to be like Seth in some way, these were their answers: generous, learn to skateboard, nice, goofy, wear beanies, and love family. I think that speaks volumes as to the type of young man he was for his little cousins to pick up on his generosity, niceness, and love for family. The best thing about the definition of family in Seth’s case is not limited to just relatives by DNA, but all the friends he met along the way that quickly became his extended family.
Megan Foley
They say suffering leads to compassion,
I never knew it was true until I sit here remembering and reflecting on you.
We picture your smile, hear your laughter and your jokes
But it was what you never showed that I tend to picture most.
I see you standing like a statue at that grave,
But only now I see you picturing how yours would be made
I reflect on how you saved us all in the moments when life was hell,
But I wish you would’ve had the strength left over to save yourself.
Seth, your pain is something I will remember all my life;
I heard the heartache in your words and I wish I could have made it right.
Maybe your story and our love for you can hold someone’s hand.
In a moment when it feels like life’s greatest gift would be to end.
I’m only sorry I couldn’t save you, my beautifully tragic friend.
Rylee Vaughn
Jill Schuler
When his two younger cousins, Sophia (9) and Alexsa (7) were asked how they would want to be like Seth in some way, these were their answers: generous, learn to skateboard, nice, goofy, wear beanies, and love family. I think that speaks volumes as to the type of young man he was for his little cousins to pick up on his generosity, niceness, and love for family. The best thing about the definition of family in Seth’s case is not limited to just relatives by DNA, but all the friends he met along the way that quickly became his extended family.
Megan Foley
They say suffering leads to compassion,
I never knew it was true until I sit here remembering and reflecting on you.
We picture your smile, hear your laughter and your jokes
But it was what you never showed that I tend to picture most.
I see you standing like a statue at that grave,
But only now I see you picturing how yours would be made
I reflect on how you saved us all in the moments when life was hell,
But I wish you would’ve had the strength left over to save yourself.
Seth, your pain is something I will remember all my life;
I heard the heartache in your words and I wish I could have made it right.
Maybe your story and our love for you can hold someone’s hand.
In a moment when it feels like life’s greatest gift would be to end.
I’m only sorry I couldn’t save you, my beautifully tragic friend.
Rylee Vaughn
