Darko Durbic

My Loving Son
My Heart aches like frostbite from a
Cold, wet, dark winter night
My Loving Son
Tears of pain just keep flowing like
The pouring rain in a thunderstorm
No more 'I Love You, Mom'
No phone calls
No Visits, No Hugs
My Loving Son
I know He now has Wings
And His Halo is Gold...
He is Smiling and Happy
Like a Soft love Song
No Pain No Hurt,
Oh How I Miss
My Loving Son

  Don't Think I Do Not Grieve
   By Allison Chambers Coxsey

Don't think I do not feel;
because you see no tears.
A river rages deep inside
of grief, and loss, and fears.
Just because I do not cry now,
don't think my heart's not broken.
I keep inside the misery
of words not to be spoken.
Sometimes I smile, or crack a joke,
so you won't see the pain;
or notice how my hands will shake,
or how I've gone insane.
Each time I chance to think of him,
my heart is ripped asunder.
The loss I feel is mine alone.
you will not see my thunder.

For 5 years now the memory of Darko Durbic brings friends and family together to celebrate his life and support local charities in his honor.



Five years ago we lost an amazing friend to his battle with cancer; Darko Durbic. His spirit however is very much alive in the fond memories of his family members and many friends. Each year we are brought together to honour his memory by supporting a charity in his name. Over the past five years Team Darko and its fabulous supporters have raised over $20,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society and $8500 for the Make-A-Wish® Canada Foundation.

This will be our second year supporting Make-A-Wish® at our Darko Durbic Memorial Golf Tournament taking place at Lionhead Golf and Country Club on Saturday August 17th. We are very excited to be a part of contributing to such an amazing cause again! Make-A-Wish® creates magical moments for children between the ages of 3 and 17, living with life threatening medical conditions, through granting a child’s one true wish. Make-A-Wish® strives to create hope, strength and joy by giving a child a much needed respite from being sick, allowing them to experience the wholesome enjoyment of just being a “kid” again. Make-A-Wish impacts the lives of families when they need to know that their community cares about what they are going through, as their child battles for his or her life.

Thank you so much for contributing to making these wishes come true and helping Team Darko reach their fundraising goal in memory of the amazing guy who brings us together. Your support is much appreciated!

 Today I can't hide the hurt, I just cry. Tomorrow I might be able to put the hurt in a place for a while until it comes boiling up to the surface again.

I miss you so much. Love you always Darko!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I am your mother, but you, my child, I cannot hold.
It'll get easier with time, or so I'm told.
People may forget that I am your mother.
I'm part of a secret club we only share with one another.
But that doesn't diminish my love for you.
I think of you the whole day through.
I wonder what you're doing, my Precious Little One.
We are connected by an Infinite bond which cannot come undone.
I will not let Death tear us apart.
I promise to always keep you alive in my heart.

©Susan Mosquera

We will keep Darko’s memory alive in our hearts forever

I’m still in shock and denial that he is gone. My heart and soul aches everyday because I miss him so much and everything around me reminds me of him. I pray every night that he visits me in my dreams

4th Darko Durbic Memorial  Scholarship Awarded to Jacqueline Paulin 2013

I will wait for you...

I will wait for you...
Though we never had a chance to say goodbye,
Remember me...
When winter snows are falling through a quiet sky
I'll remember you
When, in our darkest hour,
You held my hand and prayed I wouldn't go,
But a silent voice called out to me;
My time had come, and I had to travel Home...

Since then, I know your life has never been the same,
For I visit you each day:
So many times I've felt your pain:
I've watched you cry:
And I've heard you call my name...

But now, further along life's road I stand
In a timeless world, just beyond your sight,
Waiting for the day when I can take your hand and bring you across
to this land of Golden Light...

Till then, remember me, you understand-and try not to cry.
But if you do:
Let your tears fall
For the happiness and joy we knew,
And for the special love we shared,
For love can never die.

Stephen O'Brien

A DAD'S GRIEF

It must be very difficult
to be a man in grief
since men don't cry and men are strong
no tears can bring relief.

It must be very difficult
to stand up to the test
and take the calls and visitors
so she can get some rest

They always ask if she's all right
and what she's going through
but seldom take his hand and ask
"My friend, but how are you?"

He hears her crying in the night
and thinks his heart will break
he dries her tears and comforts her
but stays strong for her sake

It must be very difficult to start each day anew
and try to be so very brave
He lost his child too.

-Anonymous-