JOHN 10:10
"THE THIEF(the devil) COMETH NOT, BUT FOR TO STEAL, AND TO KILL, AND TO DESTROY: I(JESUS CHRIST)AM COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE, AND THAT THEY MIGHT(FREE WILL CHOICE) HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY.

FAMILY IS EVERYTHING

 

 

 

 

 

~THANK YOU TO WENDY, FIANCE OF KEVIN CONATTY, FOR THIS PRECIOUS GRAPHIC~

 

 

 

 

 

THANK YOU IRENE XAVIER, MOMMY TO PRECIOUS KAYLA~THIS GRAPHIC, COLLAGE~JUST TAKES MY BREATH AWAY~GOD BLESS YOUR SWEET AND TENDER HEART♥♥

 

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SHORTLY AFTER DAVID'S MEMORIAL SERVICE, HIS BROTHER BRIAN, GAVE ME THIS NECKLACE.  IT'S A SMALL SILVER OVAL WITH DAVID'S FINGER PRINT ON THE FRONT AND THE DATES OF HIS BIRTH AND DEATH, ON THE BACK. IT IS TRULY BEAUTIFUL~*~

 

 

 

 

 

 ROMANS 8:18

"FOR I RECKON THAT THE SUFFERINGS OF THIS PRESENT TIME ARE NOT WORTHY TO BE COMPARED WITH THE GLORY WHICH SHALL(ABSOLUTELY) BE REVEALED IN US."

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~Brothers Rule~

 

 

 

 

 

~BROTHERS RULE~

 

 

 

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN BY OUR YOUNGEST SON, KEVIN, IN CHANDLER ARIZONA~

IT REMINDED HIM THAT GOD IS STILL GOD~ THE RAINBOW APPEARS IN THE SKY FOR ONE SPECIFIC REASON. TO REMIND US THAT GOD IS STILL ON THE THRONE~**~ 

 

 

 

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~SUCH PRECIOUS MEMORIES~

 

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PROUD DADDY HOLDING BABY DAVID

 

 

 

"Our son was a wonderful blessing, a treasure from above. His laughter warmth and special charm; he was thoughtful and loving. Our son brought a special joy that comes from deep inside. And as he grew to manhood, he filled our hearts with pride. With every year that passed, he was more special than before. Through every stage, through every age, we loved him even more. No words can describe the warm memories the pride and gratitude too, that comes from having had a son to love and to cherish......like you."  (David!)

DAVIDDAVIDDAVID 

 

  

Dad’s hurt too
People don't always see the tears a dad cries,

 his heart is broken too when his child dies.
He tries to hold it together and be strong,

even though his world's gone wrong.
He holds his wife as her tears fall, Comforts her through it all,
He goes through his day doing what he's supposed to do,
But a piece of his heart has been ripped away too.
So when he's alone he lets out his pain, and his tears come like falling rain,
His world has crashed in around him,

and a world that was once bright has gone dim.
He feels he has to be strong for others but Dads hurt too,

 not just the Mothers,
He searches for answers but none are to be found,

 he hides behind a mask when he is feeling down.
He smiles through his tears, he struggles and holds in his fears,
But what you see on the outside is not always real,

 men don't always show how they really feel.
So I'd like to ask a favor of you, the next time you see a mother hurting
over the loss of her child, please remember... a Dad hurts too.

 

 

DAVID'S DAD LOVED TO  GO FISHING. WHEN THE BOYS WHERE LITTLE,

THEY ALL LOVED GOING FISHING WITH THEIR DAD!!  AS DAVID, AND HIS BROTHER BRIAN,

 GOT OLDER, NOT SO MUCH!!

 DAVID DECIDED ONE DAY, HE WAS GOING FISHING WITH HIS DAD. THEY HAD SUCH

A GREAT TIME!! IT WAS JUST THE TWO OF THEM, THEY TALKED ABOUT DAVID'S FUTURE, HIS

GOALS, DREAMS, GIRLS, ETC. YOU KNOW, GUY STUFF. IT TRULY BLESSED HIS DAD'S HEART

TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS FIRST BORN. THEY LAUGHED, CUZ DAD

HAD JUST EXPLAINED TO DAVID, HOW 'NOT' TO GET BATE HOOKS IN HIS GLOVES, AND

DAVID TOOK HIS HAND OUT FROM BEHIND HIS BACK,AND SAID,

"YOU MEAN LIKE THIS?" AND SURE ENOUGH, THERE WERE THREE

BATE HOOKS CAUGHT IN HIS CLOVE (THANK GOD HE WAS WEARING GLOVES ) THEY BOTH

LAUGHED SO HARD, THEY NEARLY FELL OUT OF THE BOAT.................NOW DAVID'S GONE, HIS

DAD DOESN'T FISH ANY LONGER, HE GAVE HIS BOAT AWAY.  WHEN WE ALL GET TO THE NEW

EARTH~~THEY WILL GO FISHING AGAIN

 

 

 

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 ♫METALICA-GUNS & ROSES-DAVID GIRAUD♫

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAD

What Makes A Dad

God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea,
The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle's flight,
The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need
Then God combined these qualities,
When there was nothing more to add,
He knew His masterpiece was complete,
And so, He called him....Dad

 

 

 DAVID'S TRUE PASSIONS: PLAYING HIS GUITAR, HIS DRUMS, AND WATCHING THE DETROIT LIONS. HIS FAVORITE PLAYER WAS BARRY SANDERS. AFTER BARRY LEFT, IT WAS HARRINGTON. HE WAS A TRUE DIE HARD LIONS FAN.

THANK YOU IRENE XAVIER, MOM OF PRECIOUS KAYLA FOR THE GRAPHIC~COLLAGE~BELOW♥

 

 

DAVID AND HIS SWEET LITTLE NIECE, KARA: CONNECTED BY LOVE

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

~DAD'S RULE~

 

 

 

DAVID LOVED TO PLAY HIDE-N-SEEK WITH HIS DADDY

 

 

 

DADDY AND LITTLE DAVID, PLAYING WITH DAVID'S LITTLE BRO-BRIAN!

 

 

DAVID LOVED THE DETROIT LIONS, THROUGH THE GOOD???, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY: A TRUE FAN! HIS FAVORITE PLAYER: BARRY SANDERS!

 

~DAD'S RULE~

 

 

 

A Man in Grief

"It must be difficult
To be a man in grief,
Since "men don't cry" and "men are strong"
No tears can bring relief.
It must be very difficult
To stand up to the test
And field calls and visitors
So she can get some rest.
They always ask if she's doing all right
And what she's going through,
But seldom take his hand and ask,
"My friend, but how are you?".
He hears her crying in the night
and thinks his heart will break.
He dries her tears and comforts her,
But stays strong for her sake.
It must be very difficult
To start each day anew
And try to be brave~

he lost his baby too......."

 

 

 

 

  Till Healing Comes 

"My heart is closing deep inside
from all the pain I feel;
while others are so full of joy
my hurt feels very real.
I want to find a bit of light
but part of me feels dead,
and though I see the joy around
my soul is sad instead.
It's hard to enter deeply in
when you're no longer here.
It's like the lights have all gone out
and won't be lighting up this year.
And so this year I must be
just how it is I am.
So that soon my heart can heal
I'll do the best I can.
The only thing that I can do
is to stay present in the now,
to feel my grieving pain
and trust I'll heal somehow.
As this year gently comes
and as my heart is torn in two.
I'll open just a little bit
as I'm deeply missing you.
I'll trust the gift of life that's here
and trust that I'm ok,
and be with how it is right now...
..till healing comes my way"
by Bev Swanson

 

 

THE UNBREAKABLE BOND OF A FATHER AND SON, EVEN DEATH CAN'T BREAK

 

 

 

 

 

 

I PROMISE

 

I promise I won't cry forever

But I need to just today.
I promise I will remember
How to live and how to play.

I promise that I'll dry my tears
When the heartache goes away.
I promise that it won't take years
But I need another day.

I promise that I'll live my life
As you would want me to.
I promise when I'm facing strife
I'll face it straight and true.

I promise I will endeavor
To do the best I can each day.
I promise I won't cry forever
But I need to just today.......
I miss you so much honey~
Loving you forever and ever
Until I see you again,
Love,  Ma

 

 

 

 Go ahead and mention my child
The one that died, you know.
Don't worry about hurting me further.
The depth of my pain doesn't show.

Don't worry about making me cry.
I'm already crying inside.
Help me to heal by releasing the tears
That I try to hide.

I'm hurting when you just keep silent.
Pretending he didn't exist.
I'd rather you mention my child
Knowing that he's been missed.

You asked me how I was doing
I say "pretty good" or "fine."
But healing is something ongoing
I feel it will take a lifetime.

 

 

 

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THANK YOU CLAUDIA LINDLEY (MOM OF HANDSOME, ROCKY LINDLEY OF MEMORY-OF.COM) FOR THIS WONDERFUL(ABOVE) GRAPHIC!! GOD BLESS YOU♥

 

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DAVID WORKED AT AUTODESK, INC. FOR 2 YEARS. HE CALLED IT HIS DREAM JOB! HE ALWAYS LOVED COMPUTERS, SENSE JUST A LITTLE BOY. ALWAYS SAID HE WANTED TO BE A PRO FOOTBALL PLAYER FIRST, THEN A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER AFTER HIS FOOTBALL CAREER. WELL, HE NEVER PLAYED PRO FOOTBALL, BUT HE DID BECOME A GIFTED COMPUTER PROGRAMMER. 

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DAVID HAS THREE YOUNGER BROTHERS, BRIAN ( MARRIED TO JODI, AND HAS OUR GRANDDAUGHTER, KARA 8) DUSTYN,KEVIN (KEVIN'S FIANCE, MELISSA).  WE ALL MISS HIM SO VERY MUCH, OUR LIVES HAVE CHANGED, IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE LIKE IT WAS. OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN, BUT WE KNOW, ONE DAY WE WILL BE UNITED WITH OUR DAVID AGAIN. UNTIL THAT TIME, LIFE GOES ON, WE MUST GO ON!!  THEN, AND ONLY THEN,WILL OUR FAMILY BE WHOLE AGAIN:

 

 

 TEARS I SHED EACH AND EVERY DAY!! LONGING TO HOLD HIM AGAIN, TO TALK WITH HIM ON THE PHONE, TO EMAIL HIM  AS WE DID MANY TIMES.  WE ALL LONG TO WAKE UP TO THIS BEING JUST A VERY BAD DREAM!!! OUR HEARTS WILL HURT, UNTIL THAT GLORIOUS DAY WHEN WE SEE HIM WALKING TOWARD US WITH HIS ARMS WIDE OPEN, SMILING HIS BEAUTIFUL SMILE!! THAT DAY COULD BE TODAY, TOMORROW, OR A THOUSAND YEARS AWAY. ONLY GOD KNOWS WHEN THAT DAY WILL COME!  SEE YOU THEN OUR PRECIOUS DAVID. SLEEP PEACEFULLY

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ROCK ON, SWEET DAVID: UNTIL WE,"SEE YOU AGAIN ONE DAY."

 

 

 

THE PAIN IS SO STRONG BECAUSE WE LOVED YOU, DAVID, SO VERY MUCH. WE STILL DO!!!

 

~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~

THIS GRAPHIC-COLLAGE-WAS MADE BY IRENE XAVIER~MOMMY TO SWEET KAYLA GOD BLESS YOU IRENE~WE LOVE YOU, SWEETHEART~

 

 

 

 

 

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♥GOD BLESS YOUR WONDERFUL HEARTS♥

 

 

 

 

 

 Today I touched your face again and watched you for awhile,
I talked of things deep in my heart and wished

 I could make you smile,
I rubbed your head and told you, "I`m proud of you MY SON"
For all the little things you did and the way you did each one,
You showed such courage daily and you taught me how to live,
To make each moment count in life and to give what I can give,
Did I tell you "You`re my Hero" when I saw you yesterday?
Or did it slip my mind as I sadly put you away?
I know your time on earth was short,

 but it's how you lived each day,
You made the most of what you had and always found a way,
You touched the hearts around you, and loved them come what may,
I wish with all my heart right now, the face I touched today,
Wasn`t made of paper or neatly placed away,
But I will put you on the shelf again, for all the world to see,
I`ll talk to you tomorrow, just like I do each day,
And I`ll tell you "You`re my Hero" as I slowly walk away.

....................author unknown

 

 

 

 

LOVED FOR ETERNITY

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OUR PRECIOUS DAVID, IN CHICAGO, JUST AFTER BUYING HIS PUPPY, BRANDY~THIS WAS TAKEN JUNE OF 2005. NOW HIS BRANDY IS A GROWN UP DOG~I PROMISED DAVID I WOULD TAKE CARE OF HER, HE GAVE HER TO ME JUST WEEKS BEFORE HE LEFT US