My Brother Died

[Moosey]

Im sorry to hear that Mrs Frozen. As everyone has said, Ill pray for you and your family. I lost my older brother. He was a stillborn and even though I never knew him I feel so close to him. God Bless you.

[annie]

I am so sorry to hear this painful news, our prayers are with you, and may you feel the loving arms of our Lord around you--

[Apollo]

God Bless you and keep you. You and your family are in my prayers.

[Azriel]

I can't even express how I feel for you in words.

May the Lord comfort you in this time of deep sadness.

All are in my prayers.

[ironmonk]

I'm sorry for your loss... You, your family, and including your brother are in my prayers.

I know it's hard to loose close family. He'll be in a better place where he will be able to pray for you and the rest of your family. When he's in Heaven, his prayers will be that much more powerful.... I know that when I go, I'll spend my time praying for my family and friends until they join me in Heaven.

You'll see him again... our lives here are short compared to eternity. Be comforted in knowing that your brother will be with Christ, praying for you.

God Bless, Love in Christ,
ironmonk

[Seven77]

You and your family are in my prayers...

Holy Mother of GOD, please help us, please pray for us!

[Guest]

im sorry to hear about your loss
i cant even imagine the pain u feel
praise God though your brother is feeling the most peace he has ever felt in his life though, right now being with Jesus. I know that dont take away the pain, but Hes in Heaven with Jesus. My prayers are with you

Its so hard to lose someone you love
when you have to say goodbye
without given them a kiss and a hug.
It makes you wonder why God did what he did
but Hes an all knowing God, that will always forever live.
And right now Hes loveing your bro, like hes never been loved before
He's filled with Heaven peacefullness, and theirs plenty more in store
And why your down here, covered in all your tears
He's up In Heaven, knowen one day you'll reapear
And their'll be a happy reunion, for a bro taken away to quick
and you live happilly ever after, for etertnity thanks to Gods gift

im really sorry about your loss, may Christ ease your pain

[musturde]

I'm very sorry for his death. I'll pray on his soul.

[IrishG8s]

If his soul happens to be in purgatory, I will offer up sacrafices and rosarys for him, so that our blessed mother may take him out. Know that my prayers are with you and your family and I will pray especially that our dear lady send legions of angels around you to confort you in this time of loss. [i]May St. Therese shower roses into you soul[/i]
-IG-

[jmjtina]

My prayers are with you and for the repose of the soul of your little brother.

May he rest in peace. God Bless. You have our prayers.
+JMJ

[Dave]

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[MrsFrozen]

Thank you so much for your prayers. They are surrounding my family and I and are lifting us up. These prayers mean more to us then you will ever know--your kind thoughts and words of sympathy offer us comfort, but your prayers are what will truly get us through this.

My brother Barry was a joy. I have always been proud to be his sister. Out of all four of my brothers, he and I were the "two peas in a pod" as my Mom and Dad always said. We are very much alike. He always made me laugh, always made me happy. He was so great to be around. I have nothing but wonderful memories of him. He had such a wonderful personality--he was so much fun and the funniest person I ever knew. My brother had so many friends and EVERYONE loves him. He was voted class clown and best laugh for his yearbook this year. He was a senior and would have graduated tonight. He graduated with honors. I have never seen so many people love one person. He brought everyone up. I knew him all his life, and he never had a sad day. He absolutely loved life, and made everyone around him love it, too. Out of all four of the older kids (my youngest brother is 13), he was the only one that never fell away from the Church, the only one who always wore a scapular, the one who never smoked, drank, did drugs, or really did anything bad. It was as if the Lord had His hand on Barry--He knew Barry would come home to Him early, and He didn't want Barry to have any distractions along the way.

The first two days, all I did was cry. Now, we seem to be doing better. It is hard to handle this grief, but I feel the Lord carrying us through this. In hindsight, I see many events that seemed to have happened to prepare us for this, such as Elliott and I coming back to God, and my son David being born, who has given all of us some happiness during all this. We are happy for Barry because we know he is with God. We know that he has no pain. But we feel a sweet, loving sadness because we miss him so deeply. We feel no bitterness, no anger with God. We are leaning on God. We just feel sad because we miss Barry.

At his wake yesterday, we were standing for two and a half hours greeting a constant stream of people who love Barry. At his funeral, the procession to the cemetary must have been a mile long. I have never seen so many people show up. Barry touched the life of EVERYONE he knew.

[url="http://www.wcpo.com/news/2004/local/05/25/fenwick.html"]Here is a link[/url] to where you can read the story about Barry and see a picture of him. My brother looks so much more handsome in his graduation picture, which I am going to scan and post sometime soon. Let me clear up a couple of things about the story. First, no alcohol or drugs were involved. None of them did anything like that. Second, they were all wearing their seatbelts. They were not speeding. The driver, Rob, was only going about 20 miles per hour. Rob had trouble with the mountain road, which was gravel. He was confused and turned too soon--I understand because I get confused in the mountains, too. There was absolutely nothing they could have done differently--it was just an awful accident and not Rob's fault at all. We do not blame him at all, and no charges will be brought. He is a sweet, nice young man and we love him very much. His guilt is tearing him up and he desperately needs our prayers. The car flipped off the cliff and Barry died instantly from a blow to the head. He felt no pain.

Please pray for all involved, their friends and family. Please pray for the other boy who died. I don't know the details about him, but I know he died right away, too, so I imagine it was in the same way.

Everyone keeps telling my that I am strong, that they can't believe how strong I am. But I do not deserve that credit. God does, and Barry does. And my family does. They are the ones getting me through this.

[Luthien]

Hes the blessed one. He gets to be with God sooner than us, and we're fortunate to have him praying for us to get us into Heaven. Plus he gets to hang out with my big brother, Andrew, who would have been 21 this year.