Through a Parent’s Tears: Family Stories of Healing

Thomas Campagnolo

Parents: Tom & Denise Campagnolo

Thomas was the oldest of our two children. He has a little sister Emily. He was extremely intelligent, so obvious from a young age. He was kind-hearted and so well liked at school by his friends. They wrote on Facebook after he died, “I knew Thomas since elementary school. To this day I have never met someone with a more genuine, kind heart. He would always wave or say hello whenever we saw each other and was always always always smiling. With a heavy heart, I say he will truly be missed.”...

Brandon Campbell

Parent: Sharie Campbell

Brandon was a very smart and kind boy. As a small child, he loved to use his imagination to play with Dinosaurs, anything Star Wars related, and read books. He had a lot of medical problems and was diagnosed with Failure to Thrive as a baby and had to be fed through a tube in his stomach, so he was used to many quiet indoor activities. He loved playing with his older sister as well, and she was very attentive to him. As he got older, his medical difficulties improved. He got SCUBA certified at age 10...

Michael Choppi

Parents: Mike and Kim Choppi

Growing up Michael was a child in constant motion. If he did not have a ball in his hand or a soccer-ball at his foot, he was constructing masterpieces with his legos and lincoln logs. He would terrorize his siblings in one moment and in the next cover for and protect them. He was goofy and kind and loved without condition. His talents on the soccer field earned him a scholarship to a four-year university that unfortunately, his “broken” knee would not allow him to pursue. His knee took him off the competitive....

Mary Jane Faas

Parent: Eric Faas

My name is Eric Faas, and I was born and raised in Tempe, Arizona. I met my wife Cheryl McRae at Arizona State University in 1991. We both graduated in 1993 and got married the next year. The following year, we started attending law school together at Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon. During law school, our first child Nicholas was born. We graduated together in 1998 and returned to Arizona to practice law. Our daughter Mary Jane was born in Arizona in 1999....

Eric Gouveia

Parents: Greg and Marianne Gouveia

Eric was an adventurous soul – He loved our family camping trips and our beach vacations. His absolute greatest joy was spending time with his family and especially his brother Joey. Enjoying the outdoors, enjoying the sun, playing a little volleyball, sitting around the campfire dancing the famous Gouveia “Rice not Ice” dance. Wow – and the cousins – Grady, Abbie, Samantha, Kara, Marc, Gina, David, Ben, Cole, Haley, Carmela – they were as close as cousins could be....

Joss Schiro

Parents: Steve and Theo Schiro

In the spring of 2011, our 21-year-old son Joss was a senior at Arizona State University, ready to graduate with degrees in both psychology and biology. He was a passionate and brilliant student, fascinated by current brain research. He had plans to continue his studies of neuroscience and earn a doctorate.

Growing up, Joss had a curious mind. He believed information was the key to life....

Brent L. Valentine

Parents: Karen and Wes Lawson

Brent was a happy boy; also a jokester. He had a serious side and was sensitive. When he was little, he loved his “good night” ritual of having his forehead rubbed. He’d say, “Mom, do this” and put my hand on his little forehead.

He has one sister whom he adored and admired; a strong bond between them. Brent adjusted to his parents’ divorce which happened when he was six....

Kieran Thomas Viliborghi

Parents: Kim and Chad Viliborghi

Kieran was 13 years old when our lives changed forever. Kieran was one of the most caring and the kindest young man you could know. He was always concerned with making sure everyone was happy around him, and he brought immense joy to our lives, as well as the lives of everyone he came in contact with. During his memorial service, he was described by his elementary principal as a “piece of heaven,” and that is truly who he was....

Produced By	:	Through a Parent’s Tears Foundation
Genre	:	Nonfiction, Documentary
Time	:	90 minutes
Age	:	12+

Through a Parent’s Tears:

Family Stories of Healing

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