MAPLE, Steven John

In loving memory of our beloved son, brother and uncle.

The boy who would lie quietly in the warm grass, simply to watch the lizards breathe,

who could create an entire world on paper, with nothing but a pencil.

A curiosity that would not stay small, a gentle way of meeting every creature, a wonder at all living things that inspired a thousand questions asked of a world you believed would answer.

When that world so cruelly robbed you of your youth, it took with it your trust in everything you had known before. You endured a suffering no human being should ever know.

We remember the promise of your childhood, the unique gifts you carried, and the boy you were before it was all taken from you.

Your life mattered. Your name matters. Your truth matters.

We will not abandon our pursuit of the truth, nor our fight to have the records corrected, so that you may finally be laid to rest with the dignity and respect you deserve.

Your life will bring change for others who might have suffered as you did, and for their families.

We promise.

Forever loved. Never forgotten.