Baby Manzo

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Barry Brand

In loving Memory July 12, 1943-August 20, 2006

In a nutshell...

I'm wondering how I am goin to manage everything in the fall....I will have Sparks and Brownies on Monday nights, skating with the girls Tuesday and Thursday nights, School on Tuesday and Thursday nights, plus I go to the gym 4 times per week...I dont know how I am going to fit everything in without blowing a gasket!!!.....Guess we will see what is going to have to give-if anything!

Uncle Barry

What do you say to someone who has battled cancer for many years when they have been told that there is nothing more the dr's can do for them, and that their life has just been shortened to 2-6 months?
When you pick up that phone to call and say hello, are you thinking that it could be the last time you talk to them?

This is my Mom's brother Barry. He has battled many forms of cancer in the last few years. Most recently, he has been diagnosed with bladder and bone cancer. To hear that the doctors have done everything they can to save your life and have been unsuccessful is heartbreaking.
I have been through it. I will never forget the day I found out my mom was not going to survive. She too had been given about 6 months. My mom called me the day before she died. She knew it was coming. She said she could feel her body sutting down.
I dont think it is any easier knowing that the person you love is going to die and having that chance to say goodbye, than it is to not have that chance and know that they have just slipped away.

When I am gone, release me, let me go.

I have so many things to see and do,

You mustn't tie yourself to me with too many tears,

But be thankful we had so many good years.

I gave you my love, and you can only guess

How much you've given me in happiness.

I thank you for the love that you have shown,

But now it is time I traveled on alone.

So grieve for me a while, if grieve you must

Then let your grief be comforted by trust

That it is only for a while that we must part,

So treasure the memories within your heart.

I won't be far away for life goes on.

And if you need me, call and I will come.

Though you can't see or touch me, I will be near

And if you listen with your heart, you'll hear

All my love around you soft and clear

And then, when you come this way alone,

I'll greet you with a smile and a "Welcome Home".

I'm at a loss for words, only grief and pain fill this heart.

It's just like I am going through it all over again. Losing you will be as difficult as it was to lose my mom. I heard you mention that when you get to heaven, you are going to have one hell of a card game with your Mom (Gramma) and my Mom...Auntie Joan says dont let Gramma play cards, she cheats...

I, myself, am afraid to die. I am unsure of what lies on the other side. The only thing that brings me any peace, is that hopefully, I will get the chance to see my mom again.

When you get there uncle Barry, tell her that I lover her and miss her terribly.

You are going to be missed....

You can choose your friends....

...but you cant choose your family. So the proverbial saying goes. You know what?...That couldnt be any more true. Oh my god..!!! He has gone and done it again!!!
You know, it sucks to have someone you love die. Like my mother for instance....she was the glue that held our entire family together, and now that she is gone....our little family unit has fallen apart....Completely and utter fallen apart. I am not going to go into specifics--not fair to those people who I have beefs with--and they should bloody well know who they are by now!...suffice it to say, that I am through....I cannot do it anymore....so I hope you are happy with the choices that you have made, because now you have to live with them. I am done.

Sisters and Brothers

I don't believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at. ~Maya Angelou