Peggy Chung Jin Thrash, (1977 - 2013) - ForeverMissed.com Online Memorials

Let the memory of Peggy be with us forever

36 years old
Born on April 13, 1977
Passed away on August 1, 2013

This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Peggy Thrash, 36 years old, born on April 13, 1977, and passed away on August 1, 2013. We will remember her forever.

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April 13

Happy birthday Peggy, it would have been a 47th.
Your mom and I went to the Great Falls NP this morning and sat down on your bench, thinking of you many good memories you had left us. I truly missed you every day. Today was the first inaugural day for Christopher's tee ball game, which reminds me of you and Jimmy's old days. We will have a Halmoni camp on 8/18 thru 8/30 for Liam and Oliver this year. We are trying to make the event as joy able as possible. Peggy's Program has been doing well and we will keep it as long as we can.
Love mom and dad

April 13

I miss you, Peggy, and am so grateful that I got the chance to know you and work with you. You made a huge impact on all of us who knew you and I'm thinking of you.

April 13

Thinking of you, Peggy, and your beautiful legacy of love which lives on in your boys and the rest of your family - and in all of us whose lives you so profoundly touched. Now that I am a school counselor, your inspiration runs through so much of what I do! I am forever grateful to have been your colleague <3

April 13

Happy Birthday Peggy! You are truly missed.

April 13

I look at pictures of you
& still I am in disbelief
I think back on memories of you
& still I feel like you are close
I tell stories about you
& still it’s as if you are here
But you’re not
& still I cannot comprehend
My mind knows you are gone
& still my heart struggles to accept
Today is the 10th birthday of yours we celebrate without you
& still I grieve, I mourn, I weep
For you
But life goes on
& still I move forward
In grief & in joy
& still with thoughts of you
Every step of the way

Peggy, we miss you everyday, but especially today on your birthday.

August 1, 2023

Peggy, you’ve been gone 10 years today
Feels like a lifetime ago
Feels like it was just yesterday
Life has moved forward
But my grief remains
That Peggy-shaped hole in my heart
Will never be filled
But promises made 10 years ago
As we said goodbye to you
Promise to you that we’ll be okay
That I will continue loving your boys as my own
That our family will keep taking care of each other
Are promises fulfilled 10 years later
& I promise to stay true to them in the years to come
For the rest of my life
Remembering you every day
Missing you forever
Loving you always.

August 1, 2023

Although 10 years have passed, Peggy's light and influence still is so strong within me and my school counseling practice. Her inspiration is timeless. Sending loving thoughts to Peggy's family and to the Wissahickon Charter program in her name.

August 1, 2023

I think of Peggy today; remembering all of the wonderful things about her, and all of the good that she exuded. Her light still shines.

August 1, 2023

I'm thinking of Peggy and her wonderful family today. I still see the impact of her her life all around me in our schools and I miss her. I'm holding the whole family close in my thoughts today.

April 13, 2023

I'm missing Peggy today on her birthday. I'll always be grateful for the time I got to work with her. She was so so good at giving children what they need. I'm thinking of her sweet boys and whole family.

April 13, 2023

Peggy continues to be in my thoughts and heart. She is my inspiration as a school counselor and in my work, I often think, what would Peggy do? Sending love to her family <3

April 13, 2023

Happy Birthday Peggy!

It will be 10 years in August. It's still so incredibly sad. I keep your family(Grace, your children, and parents) in my thoughts. You are missed by many.

April 13, 2023

4.13.23- Peggy, you would’ve been 46yo today. 10 years ago today was the last birthday we got to celebrate with you. Every birthday since, we continue to celebrate your life. But honestly no matter what we do, the gaping hole in our hearts since you’ve been gone feels forever irreparable. The grief remains ever so palpable. It weighs so heavily that my heart literally aches with the pain of loss. I miss you so much, Peggy. 36 years with you was too short, not enough. There are days I still wonder how to keep going on in this life without you. But I do. I have to. So I do. I choose joy in midst of grief. I choose hope in face of despair. I choose love among sorrow. But it is a choice I make. Every single day. Always with thoughts of you. & today, on your birthday, I choose to celebrate the beautiful life you led & count myself blessed to have walked that life with you. Happy heavenly birthday to you, my beloved sister. #rememberingpeggy #missingpeggy #forevermissed #happyheavenlybirthday #worldsbestsister

August 1, 2022

Peggy continues to hold a very special place in my heart and memories. Sending much love to her family.

August 1, 2022

Thinking of Peggy on this day. Remembering her dedication, commitment, and love for the students she served.

She is missed. Thoughts continue to be with Grace, her children, parents, and rest of her family.

August 1, 2022

I look at your pics
& it’s like you’re still here
I see your smile
& it feels as if you are near
I look at your sons
& can’t help but miss you tons
As your boys grow up
May they feel you watching over them
& know how much they are loved
By all of us here
& by you above.
Oliver, we celebrate your birthday today.
Peggy, you are forever remembered this day & everyday. #celebratingoliver #rememberingpeggy

April 13, 2022

My dearest Peggy,
I knew you your whole life,
& in just one night,
you were gone.
Now I remember you every single day
for the rest of my life.
For any & every opportunity to honor you,
I am so grateful,
But especially today
on your birthday.

April 13, 2022

Remembering Peggy today and always!

April 13, 2022

Thinking of Peggy with much appreciation for our connection and her profound work. She continues to inspire me in my work as a school counselor. Sending love and caring to her family and all those touched by her life. <3

August 3, 2021

I'm remembering Peggy this week and sending love to Grace, Won, Oke, and the whole family. Peggy was an amazing person and my experience with her continues to inform how I think about caring for children. I miss her!

August 3, 2021

Thinking of you so much Peggy. Your spirit comes at unexpected moments. A summer rain always brings you. I think of you so often. Time is a folded piece of precious cloth. Sending you love.

'Stardust'
by: Kay Ryan

Stardust is
the hardest thing
to hold out for.
You must
make of yourself
a perfect place —
something still
upon which
something settles —
something like
sugar grains on
something like
metal, but with
none of the chill.
It’s hard to explain.

August 2, 2021

Peggy still holds a very special place in my heart and memories. She helped inspire me to go to social work school and for the past year and a half, I have been following in her footsteps as a school counselor. She continues to inspire me in so many ways.
Sending love to her family. <3

August 1, 2021

August 1, 2021
Celebrating Oliver.
Remembering Peggy.

Love you always, Oliver.
Miss you forever, Peggy.

August 1, 2021

Peggy will always be remembered, never forgotten.

My love to Grace, her children, mother, father, brother, and the rest of her family and friends.

August 1, 2020

7 is a number I’ll never forget
7 years that you’ve been gone
7 years old is your Oliver
‘77 is the year you were born
7th of August is the day I was born
7 days a week is how much I miss you
70X7 is the eternal number and
I will miss you forever, Peggy.

August 1, 2020

August 1st is a day of emotion on both ends of the continuum for me.. My twins celebrate a birthday and this is the day of Peggy's tragic passing.

On this day I continue to remember all the good that Peggy was and all the light she brought to so many people, especially her family, her children, and the children she served in her work.

Wishing Grace, her mother, father, children, and loved ones strength and positive thoughts on this sad day for the family.

Jamal

April 13, 2020

The Dash Poem by Linda Ellis

I read of a man who stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
From the beginning to the end

He noted that first came the date of her birth
And spoke the following date with tears,
But he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years

For that dash represents all the time
That she spent alive on earth.
And now only those who loved her
Know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not how much we own;
The cars, the house, the cash,
What matters most is how we live & love
And how we spend our dash.

Peggy Chung Jin Thrash
April 13, 1977 - August 1, 2013

In honor of my sister, Peggy.... how she had lived & loved to the most during her dash.
#rememberingpeggy

April 13, 2020

I continue to think of Peggy, be inspired by her, and miss her. Sending love to her family and the community of all of us who continue to feel her influence in our lives. <3

August 1, 2019

I wish I could see your smile & your twinkling eyes.
I wish I could hear your voice & your infectious laughter.
I wish I could give you a hug & tell you how much I love you.
I wish so many things...
But most of all,
I wish you could be here to see your beautiful boys growing up,
to hear them laugh, fight, & play,
to give them big hugs & to tell them how much you love them.
I wish you were here,
For them, for me, for all of us.
I wish for you, Peggy.
I miss you.
I love you.
I wish you were here.

April 13, 2019

Sending love and caring thoughts to Peggy's family. I continue to be grateful for getting to work with Peggy, for her support, her loving spirit, her warm laugh, her kindness. As I work as a therapist with children who have experienced trauma, I feel her influence and I am grateful for her encouragement and example.

August 1, 2018

August 1, 2018
5 years ago
On this day
He finally came
But then you were gone
He arrived into our lives
You left this world
He took in his first breath
You gave out your last
There was great rejoicing
Yet also utter despair
So many tears
Shed that day
Of joy
Of sadness
Of wonder
Of confusion
Of awe
Of anger
Of beauty
Of brokenness
Of love
Of grief
5 years later
And still to this day
We shed these tears
Because of life given
And life taken
Never will we ever forget
To celebrate him
And to honor you.

March 31, 2018

Dear One Absent This Long While

BY LISA OLSTEIN

It has been so wet stones glaze in moss;
everything blooms coldly.

I expect you. I thought one night it was you
at the base of the drive, you at the foot of the stairs,

you in a shiver of light, but each time
leaves in wind revealed themselves,

the retreating shadow of a fox, daybreak.
We expect you, cat and I, bluebirds and I, the stove.

In May we dreamed of wreaths burning on bonfires
over which young men and women leapt.

June efforts quietly.
I’ve planted vegetables along each garden wall

so even if spring continues to disappoint
we can say at least the lettuce loved the rain.

I have new gloves and a new hoe.
I practice eulogies. He was a hawk

with white feathered legs. She had the quiet ribs
of a salamander crossing the old pony post road.

Yours is the name the leaves chatter
at the edge of the unrabbited woods.

For you Peggy. Running my memory of you. Over and Over.

August 14, 2017

Peggy continues to inspire me in so many ways. She encouraged me to become a therapist and now, two years into being a child psychotherapist, her words, her actions, her smile, her caring and her warmth all are very much with me in my practice.
I can feel her love still so much alive in her family. I am so grateful for the pictures Grace shares on facebook of Peggy's precious sons growing up immersed in such love and connection. Thinking of Peggy and her family and sending love...

August 1, 2017

August 1st.
He is so loved.
She is so missed.
#celebratingoliver
#rememberingpeggy

August 1, 2017

4 years ago today
You brought life into this world
One that has given so much joy to so many
But then your life was taken out of this world
That has led to so much sorrow for so many
We will always celebrate the life that came from you
Yet we continue to struggle being in this life without you
He is so loved.
Still you are so missed.
Love you, Peggy.

August 1, 2017

What a day this continues to be for me. Joyous in that it's my twins b-day, and sad because 4 years ago we loss Peggy.

WCS misses her in so many ways. Positive thoughts and strength go out to the family during this really tough day.

August 1, 2017

It's been four years
It sometimes feels like yesterday
It sometimes feels like forever
There is so much joy in Oliver
But there will always be grief ...
I love and miss you nuna

August 1, 2017

I can't believe how fast those 4 years have gone by.
Though I can no longer see your smile or hear your voice, you're still here with us in our hearts.
Miss you so much. <3

April 13, 2017

Peggy, you would've turned 40 years old today. How I wish we could've celebrated you entering this new decade together. How I continue to grieve that we will never grow old together. How I still think of you all of the time, especially on this day, your birthday. When you came into this world, you truly helped make it a better & kinder place. When you left this world, our lives were forever & irrevocably changed. Since you've been gone, many of us who were blessed to know you have strived to honor your memory & legacy of love & peace. Honestly, we don't always succeed, but we try & try again, & we hope we make you proud. Peggy, you truly are forever missed.

April 13, 2017

Our daughter Peggy,
Your would’ve been 40th birthday made us to think of you more and more. You had been our lovely daughter for 36 years before you left us. You had become an independent adult, got married, gave birth and became a mother as you were so wished. Even if we lost you who should have lived much longer than us, we thank you for being such a thoughtful daughter and tried to be with us as much. You had devoted yourself to raise Liam while you enjoyed. We feel so heartbreaking whenever we see Liam who doesn’t have his mom. We are even more heartrending whenever we witness Oliver who has never felt mom’s touch. Even if Brian has raised two boys as much as he can, we are so thankful to have Grace who has put sacrificial efforts to take care of them regularly. Loving and missing you always and forever, our daughter.
Love, mom and dad

August 7, 2016

Today is my birthday. Birthdays are usually the days when we get to celebrate ourselves with our loved ones- celebrate the people we are, who we have become, who we will be & the lives we are blessed to have. I think I have done this & continue to do this the best I know how. But honestly my birthday has also become a day when I feel such emptiness- because of what happened 6 days ago, 3 years ago. Losing Peggy & celebrating my birthday have become forever interconnected in my mind & heart. I remember opening the birthday presents that Peggy had so thoughtfully gotten for me in advance with tear-filled eyes & a weeping heart. She had ordered a specially made locket with 4 openings (to hold pics of our 4 kids) as well as earrings that were designed similarly to a ring she had that we both loved. I remember Brian telling me that she had ordered these gifts weeks ago & she had fretted that they wouldn't arrive in time. They arrived 2 days after she died. Receiving presents from a loved one after she was gone was such a surreal experience. It was like she was reaching out "beyond the grave" to remind me how much she loves... loved me. Even in the midst of such profound grief, I felt such love from her. I long to continue to feel her love. That is why I will wear the earrings she got me, her last birthday gift to me, on every birthday I have. I cannot help but think of Peggy on my birthday. I will always miss her especially so on this day.

August 5, 2016

Peggy was precious to us all
Elegant in every way
Great daughter, sister, mom, cousin, and friend
Genuine as can be
Young at heart and mind

Joy brought to many
In ways words cannot describe
Never another will come again

Clever with her charm
Husband she adored
Unconditional love she possessed
Never will we forget
Grieving her life still

The legacy she left behind
Hanging onto memories of her still
Remembering how special she was
Asking why she is no longer here
Showering her family with love
Hoping for answers still

I miss you Peggy

August 2, 2016

Dear Grace (Kim),
It has been on my heart to reach out to you especially on this day, August 1, 2016, the third anniversary of Peggy's passing. How wonderful it has been to celebrate Oliver turning 3 years old! Yet how much our hearts continue to ache that Peggy has been gone for 3 years.

In Korean culture, 3 years is a significant milestone in the grieving process. It traditionally means that after 3 years, you are allowed to/supposed to come out of grieving. In our case with Peggy, I do not think we will ever stop grieving in our lifetime, but still knowing that it has now been 3 years, it causes me to pause and reflect on all that has happened in our lives since Peggy has been gone. I feel this strong desire to express to you my deep appreciation for the loving support you have showered upon Peggy's boys and our family. I know Peggy loved you and she was loved by you. Thank you for demonstrating your love for Peggy in the ways you have loved on her family.

Honestly, my daughter's absence weighs so heavily on my heart. But my heart has felt encouraged seeing the presence of your friendship remain in the Thrash family's life. It is my sincere honor and previllege as part of Peggy's legacy whenever you call me "umma" with your thoughtfulness and deep love. You know, 이모/eemo/mom's sister is the closest bond next to the mother. You have shown a true 이모/eemo's love to Liam and Oliver. Thank you for helping my grandsons' hearts and lives be more full of love even without their 엄마/umma.

With much love and gratitude,
Peggy's 엄마/umma

August 1, 2016

It's been 3 years

So much has changed
So much is different
So much so that sometimes I don't
recognize this life without you

Yet some things remain the same

How much I miss you
How much I love you
How much I think of you

You were my sister
You were my friend
You were my partner in life

You were
You are
You will forever be

Loved
Cherished
Remembered.

August 1, 2016

August 1 will always be a an emotional high and low for me moving forward. My twins birthday is today and Peggy passed 3years ago today.

Peggy is missed and thought of in so many positive ways by the WCS community. May her family continue to have strength and be reminded of all the good Peggy brought to the world during her time with us.

August 1, 2016

Today

I rejoice
I grieve

I laugh
I weep

I cheer
I mourn

My heart swells
My heart aches

I feel full
I feel loss

I celebrate him
I remember her

Today
We love.

August 1, 2016

I'm thinking of Peggy and your family today and always. I miss her and am still inspired by her. She was so good at caring for children.

August 1, 2016

Thinking of you so much Peggy.....miss seeing you and making plans and miss all the simple stuff like chatting and making food together. Always turning that last weekend I saw you, over & over in my mind....running over all the small details that I can remember....Mabel and Liam climbing all over you and your laughter. I will hold these memories tight in my heart, forever. Reaching out to you today, across the realms, across all that is unseen.

July 19, 2016

Peggy's favorit quote' :
" Life is mostly froth and bubble,
   Two things stand like stone,
   Kindness in another's trouble,
    Courage in your own."
                  - Adam Lindsay Gordon

July 8, 2016

Peggy's favorit quote' :
" Experience is determined by yourself-
not the circumstances of your life."
- Gita Ballin

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April 13

I miss you, Peggy, and am so grateful that I got the chance to know you and work with you. You made a huge impact on all of us who knew you and I'm thinking of you.

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August 1, 2018

Hi Peggy,

This year has been quite eventful so far with a big family vacation which felt like a bootcamp. I got promoted, Hun went on biz trips almost every month, and Eurie had a surgery. Just going through the whole process of dealing with her medical needs, I would have to say, was the most difficult thing I've done as a mom. But, I always thought of how you'd have handled situations like this, and it made me regain courage and hope. You would have been so proud of Eurie! We talk about you often and the girls remember how kind and sweet you were. We miss you very much. Though it might be some time until we meet again, when we do, I'll bring my emergency clubbing kit with me. We shall party like we did before. :-)

Love always,
지형이가

From August 8th ...

October 22, 2014

Hey 누나, remember our talks about tattoos? And how we said that we would never get a tattoo of someone else's name? Well, guess I was wrong. Got your Korean name (Chung Jin) in hanja the other day on my shoulder. I know there are other ways to "honor" you (wink, wink ... since that's the tattoo I got on my other shoulder when we were hanging out in New York), but I wanted a permanent reminder for myself. And the fact that your name means real, genuine and true made it really fitting.

I miss you so much. I keep finding myself waiting by my phone to see if you texted or called. I keep wishing for even another minute with you to tell you that I love you. I keep searching for a way to just go on, because I know that's what you would have wanted.

Thank you for being such an awesome sister, for being my best friend and for still watching over us all.

Love and miss you always

Liam's birthday

October 20, 2014

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This video was taken on Oct. 19, 2012, when Liam officially turned 1 year old. It's over 2 minutes long, but if you watch the whole thing, you'll get to catch glimpses of Peggy as she was and hear her beautiful voice.
Yesterday, Liam turned 3 years old.
Yesterday was another birthday without Peggy.
Yesterday was another day when she should have been there.
Yesterday was the second time celebrating Liam's birthday without her, his umma who only got to celebrate his first birthday with him.
Though we filled the whole weekend with fun and laughter and love for Liam, it still felt terrible and so wrong without her. Peggy, how we miss you so much and how we wish you were here.

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