Topic: Heath Ledger - In Loving Memory

[hpv]

Thank you so much !!!LJN  and FC,....

[chameau]

LuvJackNasty and I made this tribute vid. We hope you like it.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IziYmwA3ago

Oh my...  :\'(

One word:  Beautiful! 

[JAKELANDIA]

Podrá nublarse el sol eternamente;
Podrá secarse en un instante el mar;
Podrá romperse el eje de la tierra
Como un débil cristal.
¡todo sucederá! Podrá la muerte
Cubrirme con su fúnebre crespón;
Pero jamás en mí podrá apagarse
La llama de tu amor


(Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer)

[myprivatejack]

LuvJackNasty and I made this tribute vid. We hope you like it.

http://rapidshare.com/files/98128827/Into_The_West.wmv.html

Wonderful¡ Thanks for sharing it with us...

[myprivatejack]

Podrá nublarse el sol eternamente;
Podrá secarse en un instante el mar;
Podrá romperse el eje de la tierra
Como un débil cristal.
¡todo sucederá! Podrá la muerte
Cubrirme con su fúnebre crespón;
Pero jamás en mí podrá apagarse
La llama de tu amor
(Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer)

Beautiful,JAKELANDIA¡ Gracias,guapa¡

[JAKELANDIA]

Beautiful,JAKELANDIA¡ Gracias,guapa¡

de nada baby



I live through my dark existence
only to bask in your beauty
your eyes that shine like sapphires
your smile that brightens even my sad existence
I envy the wind that runs through your hair
that touches your lips
I long to touch you
to hold you in my arms but I cannot
for your heart belongs to another
so, I can only love you from afar
your friendship means more to me
than anything this world provides
but like an angel you touched my heart
in a way that I've never felt before
cause I've never known what love is until this day
I know that we are only friends
but my heart wishes it to be more
so I will still hope and dream
that one day I can feel your lips pressed to mine
to hold you in my arms and say, "I love you"

My Gift To You

[jessi]

LuvJackNasty and I made this tribute vid. We hope you like it.



http://youtube.com/watch?v=IziYmwA3ago

This is one of the very few tribute vids I have kept.  I let myself look at them once a day, cry, hurt, wish...then as we must, should, as the natural way in all this unnatural...I go on with my life.  A better, richer, more broken person.  If we can't move on with him in our heart, sometimes tears on our face, but moving on, not forgetting, but living to the fullest, letting him make that difference in us, if we can't move on, then what we give cannot be a tribute.  We can't honor him if his memory destroys us, or part of us.  So, I will look at your amazing beautiful vid, and very few others, later his movies, and hold him firmly and safely in my soul.  I'll never forget, not even for a day. 

jessi

[Matt Nasty]

This is one of the very few tribute vids I have kept.  I let myself look at them once a day, cry, hurt, wish...then as we must, should, as the natural way in all this unnatural...I go on with my life.  A better, richer, more broken person.  If we can't move on with him in our heart, sometimes tears on our face, but moving on, not forgetting, but living to the fullest, letting him make that difference in us, if we can't move on, then what we give cannot be a tribute.  We can't honor him if his memory destroys us, or part of us.  So, I will look at your amazing beautiful vid, and very few others, later his movies, and hold him firmly and safely in my soul.  I'll never forget, not even for a day. 

jessi

bautifuly put jessi ive been trying to explain this is how i feel for along time but alas i am not as good with words as you are, nice post

[babytammy7]

LuvJackNasty and I made this tribute vid. We hope you like it.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=IziYmwA3ago

Thank you so much Barb and Michelle. This is totally beautiful and moving.  :\'(  :\'(  :\'(

[myprivatejack]

de nada baby



I live through my dark existence
only to bask in your beauty
your eyes that shine like sapphires
your smile that brightens even my sad existence
I envy the wind that runs through your hair
that touches your lips
I long to touch you
to hold you in my arms but I cannot
for your heart belongs to another
so, I can only love you from afar
your friendship means more to me
than anything this world provides
but like an angel you touched my heart
in a way that I've never felt before
cause I've never known what love is until this day
I know that we are only friends
but my heart wishes it to be more
so I will still hope and dream
that one day I can feel your lips pressed to mine
to hold you in my arms and say, "I love you"

My Gift To You

Wonderful again¡And again thank you¡ Gracias por tu sensibilidad...

This is one of the very few tribute vids I have kept.  I let myself look at them once a day, cry, hurt, wish...then as we must, should, as the natural way in all this unnatural...I go on with my life.  A better, richer, more broken person.  If we can't move on with him in our heart, sometimes tears on our face, but moving on, not forgetting, but living to the fullest, letting him make that difference in us, if we can't move on, then what we give cannot be a tribute.  We can't honor him if his memory destroys us, or part of us.  So, I will look at your amazing beautiful vid, and very few others, later his movies, and hold him firmly and safely in my soul.  I'll never forget, not even for a day. 

jessi

Thanks to you too,Jessi,for your nice words.They reflects very well what we all feel and hope we´ll feel forever...

[keren_b]

I know there are moments of darkness, but if you look at my prev. post, I mentioned that I felt Heath took pills to find peace of mind-never to choose to leave this world. Any interview he did, it spoke of an absolute respect for his life, and living it to the fullest. To ever choose to end one's life was never something he believed in. This helps to remember when it gets very dark Heathlover1; he didn't believe in that; and I believe in him, which tells me this will all be ok. I know what you mean about it being there when you first wake up. Usually with a death(of someone I've actually met) there is this moment when I would first wake up, then think, "what it different, oh yeah, so an so is gone" with Heath it is just there the second I wake, before my eyes are even open, I know he's just gone. But there are so many things that are still here. There was a moment in Vegas after the memorial, Ethan and I were hugging and crying, and I said it wasn't fair that we get to watch his daughter grow up, and he doesn't. This stuck in my head, and I've come to the acceptance, that, though not fair, it is a privilege; a privilege I don't take lightly; and I will watch her grow up, and bare witness to that beautiful Heath spirit in her that Michelle talked about. I hope you wish to do the same. What he gave us was so special, and in a way, it gave all of us a piece of his spirit. I hope to watch that grow in everyone on this site. Giving up way never his way, he knew the right path to take, he was just cut short from completing it, we have not been. And while it may seem unbearable to walk alone, you forget we are all right there next to you; "you" don't need to be strong enough, "we" are strong enough. Together, we're all going to be alright. Love and Hugs, Jess:)

What a beautiful post Jess. :\'( Thank you. I'm still clinging desperately to what I have left of him, what he left behind. It's unbearably sad to think that there will be no more of that. But then I remind myself that I still have you guys, and that's a comfort.

LJN, your daughter is amazing. She has the most beautiful ideas... I wish it could work that way.

[keren_b]

LuvJackNasty and I made this tribute vid. We hope you like it.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IziYmwA3ago

I can't download from this link... Can you upload it on youtube or photobucket?

[Lis]

I live through my dark existence
only to bask in your beauty
your eyes that shine like sapphires
your smile that brightens even my sad existence
I envy the wind that runs through your hair
that touches your lips
I long to touch you
to hold you in my arms but I cannot
for your heart belongs to another
so, I can only love you from afar
your friendship means more to me
than anything this world provides
but like an angel you touched my heart
in a way that I've never felt before
cause I've never known what love is until this day
I know that we are only friends
but my heart wishes it to be more
so I will still hope and dream
that one day I can feel your lips pressed to mine
to hold you in my arms and say, "I love you"

My Gift To You

JAKEALANDIA, I absolutely adore this poem 

[LuvJackNasty]

I can't download from this link... Can you upload it on youtube or photobucket?

Thanks Asali for helping in getting this uploaded.   

Here is another link to view the vid

http://www.livevideo.com/video/6847D15B5CBB49379669281969DFA4A9/our-tribute-to-heath.aspx?m_tkc=11280149

[jessicat80]

What a beautiful post Jess. :\'( Thank you. I'm still clinging desperately to what I have left of him, what he left behind. It's unbearably sad to think that there will be no more of that. But then I remind myself that I still have you guys, and that's a comfort.

Thanks KarenB, there are still times when I get really upset that there will not be anything new from him, there were so many pics and articles of him I hadn't read, yet every time i read or see something new, it's a little sadder because I know it's one less new thing I'll have from him. Yet, I believe in reliving the past good things from him, especially his more light hearted films like A Knight's Tale. I haven't watched it yet since his death (I made the awful mistake of watching "Candy" with him as an addict; bad idea). But I think it's a good idea for us to start focusing on the happy things he left us...at least I'm going to try. But it is still nice to read the beautiful poems and see the amazing video tributes people are doing. Thank you to the talented people that create those for us; we need them, and appreciate you all

[maggie]

Thanks Asali for helping in getting this uploaded.   

Here is another link to view the vid

http://www.livevideo.com/video/6847D15B5CBB49379669281969DFA4A9/our-tribute-to-heath.aspx?m_tkc=11280149

Beautiful...just beautiful!

[keren_b]

Thanks Asali for helping in getting this uploaded.   

Here is another link to view the vid

http://www.livevideo.com/video/6847D15B5CBB49379669281969DFA4A9/our-tribute-to-heath.aspx?m_tkc=11280149

It's beautiful, thank you so much.

[jeffreymarc85]

For some strange reason I've had these feelings of protection for Heath. Like i want to make sure that no one hurts him even though I realize he can't be hurt now. I'm 22 years old, and I'm feeling things that a parent would feel about his/her child. I want to shield him from all the pain of the world. I know that Heath was a vulnerable actor and a sensitive person, but I'm not sure why I'm feeling so protective of him now. How do others feel? Are you having similar reactions? Thanks.  :\'(

[hpv]

For some strange reason I've had these feelings of protection for Heath. Like i want to make sure that no one hurts him even though I realize he can't be hurt now. I'm 22 years old, and I'm feeling things that a parent would feel about his/her child. I want to shield him from all the pain of the world. I know that Heath was a vulnerable actor and a sensitive person, but I'm not sure why I'm feeling so protective of him now. How do others feel? Are you having similar reactions? Thanks.  :\'(

Yes I do!! I know exactly how you feel, I saw a stupid remark on YouTube the other day, and was so angry, that I wanted physically hurt this person...   but instead I wrote a response :how dare he and not to spread lies etc...  it didn't ease my anger thou .
He was indeed a very sensitive person, he hated all the hoopla that came along being famous  ,the interviews,photographs,and paparazzi o,f course, ,but he took his work so seriously that it could not be avoided.

[keren_b]

For some strange reason I've had these feelings of protection for Heath. Like i want to make sure that no one hurts him even though I realize he can't be hurt now. I'm 22 years old, and I'm feeling things that a parent would feel about his/her child. I want to shield him from all the pain of the world. I know that Heath was a vulnerable actor and a sensitive person, but I'm not sure why I'm feeling so protective of him now. How do others feel? Are you having similar reactions? Thanks.  :\'(

Yes, I feel the same. I'm only 32, not that much older than Heath, but I often refer to him as "my baby". And like hpv said, I sometimes feel like I want to physically hurt people who insult him and spread lies about him. I also can't stand the thought of him being unhappy, I take it really hard when people try to hint that he was depressed. I feel very, very protective of him, maybe now more than ever.

[FlwrChild]

Couldn't have said it better myself. Protective is the very word I've used to describe how I feel. And for all the same reasons. I really don't think it matters how old you are. It's just about being sensitive to somebody else. And Heath is just the kind of person to inspire those kinds of feelings.

[Emzan]

  for everyone

[LuvJackNasty]

Yes, I feel the same. I'm only 32, not that much older than Heath, but I often refer to him as "my baby". And like hpv said, I sometimes feel like I want to physically hurt people who insult him and spread lies about him. I also can't stand the thought of him being unhappy, I take it really hard when people try to hint that he was depressed. I feel very, very protective of him, maybe now more than ever.

I feel the same. There are times I want to throttle people when I read/hear anything bad. I know he wasn't a saint, none of us are and it's not about trying to idealize him into a "perfect" being. For me it's about treating him with the respect that he deserves and to me it's even more important now to respect and protect him. It breaks my heart to know that there are people who would use him to further their own agendas be it ratings or other undesirable agendas. 

[LuvJackNasty]

This is one of the very few tribute vids I have kept.  I let myself look at them once a day, cry, hurt, wish...then as we must, should, as the natural way in all this unnatural...I go on with my life.  A better, richer, more broken person.  If we can't move on with him in our heart, sometimes tears on our face, but moving on, not forgetting, but living to the fullest, letting him make that difference in us, if we can't move on, then what we give cannot be a tribute.  We can't honor him if his memory destroys us, or part of us.  So, I will look at your amazing beautiful vid, and very few others, later his movies, and hold him firmly and safely in my soul.  I'll never forget, not even for a day. 

jessi

Beautiful post, Jessi and thank you.  I'm slowly going back to "normal". I still cry, though the intensity of the tears seems to depend on the day.  And I have days, like this morning, where the realization that he is really gone hits me all over again and I feel that punch in the gut. I'm with you in the never forgetting, though I never really knew him, I am tied to him through BBM. Not as Ennis necessarily, but for all that it brought me.

[keren_b]

I feel the same. There are times I want to throttle people when I read/hear anything bad. I know he wasn't a saint, none of us are and it's not about trying to idealize him into a "perfect" being. For me it's about treating him with the respect that he deserves and to me it's even more important now to respect and protect him. It breaks my heart to know that there are people who would use him to further their own agendas be it ratings or other undesirable agendas. 

You've said it so well. I'm not trying to idealize him into a perfect person and I know he wasn't a saint, I'm sure he made some mistakes along his life... not just as an actor, but as a person too, because we all do. And Heath was never ashamed to admit that he made mistakes. But the thing is, whatever mistakes or bad choices he made along the way, it doesn't make me love him any less. It doesn't change the person he was - down to earth, humble, generous, loving, honest, sensitive - so many qualities that I respect in a person - and extremely talented. Heath said in one of his speeches: "...so I apologize for the bad discoveries made along the way, but I do stand by the theory that in order to evolve and further yourself as an actor, you have to be fearless enough to allow yourself room for error". I think the same thing is true not only for an actor but for any human being, and I believe that Heath was a person who allowed himself to make mistakes in life and to learn from them, and to grow from his mistakes. It makes me respect him even more, and I love him with all his flaws.

[LuvJackNasty]

Exactly, Keren. Sometimes it's those "flaws" that make a person even more endearing. It's sometimes easier to love someone because they not only have flaws, but own up to them- it puts you on the same level, so to speak, to know that we are all human beings;all of us flawed, all of us vulnerable, all of us capable of loving and being loved in return. A few mistakes or flaws don't negate who you are as a person, they are just a few pieces that make up the whole.

[ayasha]

For some strange reason I've had these feelings of protection for Heath. Like i want to make sure that no one hurts him even though I realize he can't be hurt now. I'm 22 years old, and I'm feeling things that a parent would feel about his/her child. I want to shield him from all the pain of the world. I know that Heath was a vulnerable actor and a sensitive person, but I'm not sure why I'm feeling so protective of him now. How do others feel? Are you having similar reactions? Thanks.  :\'(

Yes indeed...I know what he was feeling in his last days, and how I would wish to embrace him tightly and tell him everything's gonna be ok, that I'm gonna look after him until he's better, but it's too late  :\'(

[FlwrChild]

Keren and Michelle, thank you for those posts.

You've expressed it so well, and that's exactly the way I feel as well.

[cowgirlKt!]

to everyone. I'm still having bad days but some good ones too. I took a short break from the forum and I didn't cry on those days but it came at the expense of not being a part of everything so that wasn't good. First day back I cried but I'd rather that than not be here.

I was just out shopping with my youngest-she's 8. And we had this little convo:

J: Mommy?
M: Yes
J: You know how you're sad about that guy and other people are sad too?
M: Yes Jordan
J: Well I was thinking. Could it work if you all went to his grave and cried there and all the tears of love landed and maybe they'd make him alive again and no one would be sad anymore?

I gave her a great big hug and told her that that was a beautiful idea and I wished it worked that way but it doesn't and she just said "Oh well". Sometimes I wish I was that young again, in some way immune to it all and able to hope that there was some way to make it different.

  OMG how gorgeous...what a cute thing to say...awwww bless!! I remember when i was younger and used to think miracles like that could happen...yes to be that innocent again, it was bliss. Her heart was in the right place x x

[lancecowboy]

How they cheerfully       print the worst possible interpretation they can find When they could just as easily       tell the truth with a little more thought You left a will       before you reached the stars,       before you met your match You gave to those you love the few       earthly possession that meant little       compared to your legacy You would surely have updated it       when there was time for matrimony And you trusted the blood relationship,       the love so obvious to everyone,       even to fools Why people resort to the lowest form of       making a living when it's not living at all When hurting innocent people       with thoughtless careless words In times like these,       your noble carriage is missed most of all.