Olivia Peloquin remembers her Pepe as a funny man who told jokes, sang silly songs and loved to explore.
On Saturday, the 9-year-old illustrated her love for her grandfather, who died last year of pancreatic cancer, with a miniature passport for his trip to Italy, seashells for their beach walks, a paintbrush and a tiny casket in a sand tray in a sun-filled room looking out on Narragansett Bay.
“He was the funniest guy I know,” Olivia recalled at a Family Day at the Save The Bay Center for Camp BraveHeart, a summer camp program that offers a safe and nurturing environment to help children cope with grief.
The family found the camp through HopeHealth Hospice & Palliative Care, which helped care for her Pepe — N. David Bouley — in his final days.
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