Mairi Watson (friend)

Entered April 8, 2017 from Rockland

Jim, Kim, Keelan & Dustin; I am so very sorry for your loss, my heart goes out to you during this very painful and challenging time. i hope it helps to know that you are in my thoughts!

Tina Smith (Friend)

Entered April 8, 2017 from Carleton place

I can't believe you're gone. You'll be missed by so many. You touched so many lives Ryley. Until we meet again xoxo

Jennifer Savard (Friend)

Entered April 9, 2017 from Ottawa

My deepest condolences to Kim and your family . Our thoughts and prayers are with you .

Theresa Mazzeo Richmond (Second cousin)

Entered April 9, 2017 from Culpeper, Virginia

I am so sad for your loss. So sad. Condolences and light.

Joe Mahoney (Uncle)

Entered April 9, 2017 from Whitby

A part of me never believed this day would come. I'm so sorry that it has. Ryley didn't get to spend anywhere near as much time on this earth as he deserved. I'm grateful that I got to spend some of that precious time with him. Jim, Kim, Keelan and Dustin, I am thinking of you all during this difficult time.

Ryley and I met back in early Sept 2016 at Toronto gen hospital. I was admitted to the hospital for transplant follow up and was placed in the same room as ryley. When I first got in the room ryley really did not say much other they hey. The next morning I went down for a left heart cath to be done as well as a few other things. I got back to are room early afternoon and I was as high as a kite feeling no pain. My family had left other then my neice sitting by my side. I could hardly open my eyes as I was so drugged up but felt my bed moving as hard as it was I opened my eyes to see my bed moving towards the door going to the hall. I let out a bit of a yell what the hell if going on? Ryley walked around the bed and with a straight face looked at me and said your going into the hallway becouse I'm thinking of getting a pool table put in the room from that point forward this young man has made me look at life so much different. Who am I to feel sorry for myself becouse of everything I am going through it truly showed me that no matter how bad life is there is some worse off then me and with a smile on there face. Ryley and I became close friends I would get calls at 1 am or 5am or face time what ever ryley felt was the best way to get a hold of me and we would talk about life and we would laugh as well as hold back tears.

Final thoughts
Know matter how hard life gets down any road you are on there is someone worse off then us and to do it with a smile on there face is a true angle in my eyes. Miss you love you and we will go on that trip brother. Peace out as you would say.

I met Ryley when I first moved to our 4th grade elementary school. I was put next to him and I remember having this crush because around winter time one of our assignments was to make snowmen out of toilet paper rolls. He nicknamed mine "dudette" and his was "dude" and they were friends and so we became friend through these little snowmen. It became an inside joke between us.
In 6th grade we "went out" how a lot of 12 year olds do which was hanging out at recess and hugs at the end of the day and all that. It lasted a whole 2 weeks and we decided to just be friends.
In the summer after 8th grade I think it was, he asked or I volunteered (I'm not sure) to be in one of his first if not his first movie. He had made these characters and had such a vision already of what he wanted everything to be and look like. He had this directing bug in him and I'm glad to see it's driven him to accomplish so many projects. He always talked about making these movies that would connect with people and that would get out there.
In the last few years we lost touch, but I thought of him every now and then and kept him close to my heart. The 10 year old boy I met left a mark in my heart, I can only imagine the mark he left as the man he became. I'm so glad to see that his vision of creating films and telling his stories has come true.