A Stroll Down Memory Lane

09/01/2026

City of York Community Coming together to Heal, United Through Grief and Bonded through healing!!

We Are Family 🙏🏾💪🏾💜

09/01/2026

09/01/2026

Were All We Have....
My Dad and his Girls, Grandchildren and Great Grands!

We Love And Miss You Mom, Gram, Ty, and Uncle Murph. Donna dont worry WE still got Noonie💜🥰

09/01/2026

Thank you To our resource vendors, volunteers, Our police commissioner Muldrow and Dective Baez (who actually add their loved ones in the memory walk) that was Major! Our Fire fighters, My Pastor Marlon Carter, Our Mayor Sandie Walker it was truly a day of Community Unity! It was just what we needed, thank you! YORK CITY💪🏾💜🙏🏾

A Stroll Down Memory Lane

09/01/2026

We said their names yesterday… and as long as there is breath in us, we will keep their memories alive.

A Stroll Down Memory Lane Because they were here. They mattered. And they are still loved.

09/01/2026

💜 A Special Thank You to Star Child Smiles Face Painting!

Thank you for bringing so much love, light, joy, and genuine warmth to A Stroll Down Memory Lane. Your beautiful personality could be felt throughout the day, and what touched me most was your willingness to jump in and help wherever you were needed—not just with face painting, but simply because that’s the kind of heart you have.
You provided a reason to smile during a day centered around remembrance and healing, you helped make the entire experience feel even more special.
I love you and appreciate you My Sweet Enya😘

Thank you for showing up for me, for our families, and for our community with such a giving spirit. 💜

08/31/2026

💜 To the women who stood beside me… THANK YOU. 💜

“A Stroll Down Memory Lane” was more than an event. It carried 78 stories, 78 families, 78 memories, and an emotional weight that I could never have carried completely alone.

These ladies came into this journey from different places, with different stories of their own, and somehow God brought us together for one purpose: to love on families who are grieving and make sure their loved ones were remembered.

💜 Kristen Ostrom — Thank you for being part of this vision, something that became so much bigger than any of us imagined. Your time, your presence, and your willingness to help me bring this day to life will always mean something to me. You are appreciated!

💜 Tazaa Sweeney — Thank you for bringing your heart into a space that required so much compassion. I know grief has touched your own life, which makes your willingness to pour into somebody else’s healing even more meaningful to me.

💜 Endi Dabney — Thank you for saying yes and becoming a part of something that started as an idea in my heart and grew into a beautiful community experience. I appreciate every moment you gave and every way you helped carry the mission forward.

Planning this wasn’t always easy. There were long days, stressful moments, tears, exhaustion, disagreements, laughter, and lessons along the way. But that is what makes this even more special—we were four women who didn’t begin as a sisterhood, but we shared something that will forever connect us.

Ladies, thank you for helping me honor every name, every face, every family, and every memory. 💜

We did something beautiful. Something meaningful. Something I pray these families never forget.

From the bottom of my heart… THANK YOU. 🦋💜
A Stroll Down Memory Lane
Together, we honor. Together, we heal.

08/31/2026

💜 TO THE FAMILIES WHO TRUSTED ME… THANK YOU. 💜

I don’t even know if I have the words to fully explain what A Stroll Down Memory Lane has done to me.

This has been one of the hardest things I have ever done in my life.

For two and a half months, I carried the responsibility of honoring more than 78 beautiful lives. And when I say I carried them… I mean that.

There were days it felt like I was planning a funeral for 78 people.

I learned their names.
I learned their faces.
I learned pieces of their stories.
I looked into the eyes of mothers, fathers, children, sisters, brothers, spouses and friends who simply wanted the world to remember that their person was here.

And after a while, I couldn’t unsee their faces.

There were nights I couldn’t sleep. Days I couldn’t even go to my business because I was emotionally shattered. Some days I questioned whether I could finish. Some days were heavy. Some days were depressing.

And all while grieving myself.

But GOD. 🙏🏾

Through this journey, I built a relationship with God that became even deeper. I learned that when I truly had nothing else left in me, He did.

Through God, who strengthens me, I kept going.

I also learned that my purpose is bigger than me.

I gained beautiful friendships with women I will forever love and respect. I lost some friendships too. I learned who could walk with me, who couldn’t, and most importantly—I learned that sometimes God will change who's around you when He's changing what's inside of you.

But through it all, one thing became crystal clear:

A Stroll Down Memory Lane was never just a walk.

It was a call to action.

Not a protest.

A call to LOVE.
A call to GRACE.
A call to MERCY.
A call to HEALING.
A call for us to remember what COMMUNITY is supposed to feel like.

I don’t want to keep talking about what we need to do.

I want to SHOW IT.

I want to show people what unity looks like when there are no cameras around.

I want to show someone:

I see you.
I love you.
Your grief matters.
Your loved one mattered.
And they will not be forgotten.

Somewhere along the way, I believe we have allowed social media to water down what is real. Everything doesn’t need a camera. Every act of kindness doesn’t need a status. Every good deed doesn’t need applause.

Sometimes you simply love people because LOVE IS WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.

York, we need each other.

And if we never take the time to look back down Memory Lane—to remember where we came from, who poured into us, who loved us, who we lost, and what they taught us—how can we truly know where we are going?

Life is a journey.

Grief is a journey.

Healing is a journey.

And through every part of it…

WE GOTTA KEEP MOVING. 💜

One foot in front of the other.

One stride at a time.

And while we're walking, reach over and help somebody else keep walking too.

That is A Stroll Down Memory Lane.

Healing.
Togetherness.
Love.
United as ONE.
For ALL.

To every family who trusted me with something as precious as the memory of your loved one…

THANK YOU.

Thank you for trusting my heart.
Thank you for trusting my vision.
Thank you for allowing me to say their names.
Thank you for taking the walk.

I will carry this experience with me forever.

And God willing…

💜 I’ll see you next year.

A Stroll Down Memory Lane
Life is a journey… We Gotta Keep Moving. 💜

Peace & Love
Russy Laboy

08/31/2026

One of the most beautiful Tributes....EVER!

Thank You to the families who trusted us with your families legacy.💜

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08/31/2026

How Can We Not Talk About Family..... When Family's All That We Got.💜💪🏾

What a Beautiful Day Of Remembrance Love And Healing!

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