In Loving Memory of Josiah Ryan

In Loving Memory of Josiah Ryan "If you can't see the light, be the light" My name is Karin and I am Josiah's mother. Josiah was born in Toronto on January 25, 1990. I’ll love you forever.

He grew up with plenty of giggles and practical jokes, always smiling and being such a great big brother. Of course, our family life wasn’t perfect and a big change in direction led our little family back to Hamilton, ON. Josiah struggled with the move almost immediately and it was obvious. Home life became close to being unbearable as he spiraled downward. Pleas to attend therapy for anger management were outweighed with further aggression and so I, his mother, tried to use love as therapy throughout his yet undiagnosed illness. As the years passed his mental health worsened and one day su***de became a new word in our vocabulary. A near attempt in November 2015 sent him to the Emergency room at St. Joseph’s where he was given the clear and sent on his way. He finally tried to seek therapy after that but his work schedule clashed with the early morning group therapy sessions. He refused medication but instead self-medicated. Doomed relationships saw repeated bad break-ups that sent this sensitive, beautiful being utterly reeling. The final break-up would be devastating, and Josiah took his own life, in the early hours of Father’s Day, June 18, 2017. This Page is dedicated to Josiah. I’ll like you for always.

11/15/2025

It’s easy to overlook the effect you have on others when you’re just focused on getting through your own day. But you stay with people more than you realise. Someone out there still smiles at a joke you once made. Someone still remembers a kind word you offered at the right time. Someone felt less alone because you listened. You’ve brightened people’s days in moments you may not even recall. You’re not invisible, and you’re not forgettable. You matter in ways you might never fully know.

Never forgotten 🙏🏻
11/11/2025

Never forgotten 🙏🏻

11/02/2025
11/02/2025

Día de los Mu***os, or Day of the Dead, offers a gentle space for our grief, a time to honor and celebrate the lives of those we hold close, even as we miss their physical presence. Today, we gather not in sorrow, but in remembrance, weaving together our memories, tears, and laughter into a tapestry of love that endures beyond loss.

As we light candles and build our ofrendas with photographs, flowers, and treasures from days gone by, we invite the spirits of our loved ones to draw near. Each marigold, each cherished story, is a message: you are not forgotten, your memory blooms in our hearts, and your love walks with us still.

Día de los Mu***os teaches us that remembering is part of living, and that grief, shared openly, becomes a connection rather than a weight to bear alone.

Today, let gratitude and remembrance lead the way. May each altar be a bridge, every flower a reminder that while our loved ones may have journeyed on, they remain beside us, never gone, forever cherished. In honoring them, we celebrate the beauty and resilience of love that knows no end.

“En el corazón de los que amamos, los mu***os nunca están mu***os.”
In the hearts of those we love, the dead are never truly gone.

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10/18/2025

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10/06/2025
10/06/2025

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10/04/2025

“When you lose the one you love
You think your world has ended
You think your world will be a waste of life
Without them in it
You feel there's no way to go on
Life is just a sad, sad song
But love is bigger than us all
The end is not the end at all
It's not somethin' you get over
But it's somethin' you get through
It's not ours to be taken
It's just a thing we get to do
Life goes on and on
And when it's gone
It lives in someone new
It's not somethin' you get over
But it's somethin' you get through
It's not somethin' you get over
But it's somethin' you get through
It's not ours to be taken
It's a thing we get to do
Life goes on and on
And when it's gone
It lives in someone new
It's not somethin' you get over
But it's somethin' you get through
It's not somethin' you get over
But it's somethin' you get through”

~Willie Nelson lost his son Billy to su***de on Christmas Day 1991

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09/20/2025

Did you know:

*** Adult loss survivors are nearly 10 times more likely to consider su***de themselves in the initial months following loss than the general public.

*** Research shows that individuals bereaved by su***de are 80% more likely to drop out of school or quit their jobs—and 64% more likely to attempt su***de—than individuals grieving sudden losses by natural causes.

IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.

Postvention is prevention.

👉You are not alone. Find support at allianceofhope.org

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