Midi playing is "BRIAN's SONG"...written by Michael LeGrande...which was the theme song for the Screen Gems/Columbia Pictures movie distributed by ABC TV of "Brian's Song"...starring James Caan and Billy Dee Williams, and was the story of Brian Piccolo, running back for the Chicago Bears, who lost his battle with cancer in 1970...Brian Piccolo
Texas--land that I love-- is a great state with a very rich and proud heritage and wonderful people--friends and neighbors...
Let me tell you about a special little Texas friend, BRYAN. Only 9-years old, BRYAN and his Mom, Pam (MAEREN@aol.com), are from a town "deep in the heart" of Texas, and became friends to me and hundreds of others on my WAV list. He and his Mom were part of my WAV list for about a year...BRYAN underwent critical bone marrow transplant surgery in July 1997, and with the help of wonderful doctors, and thru the prayers of many caring people, he returned home and did well for a few months Around Christmas time, Bryan's condition became critical again, and it was at this time that I began this web site for this beautiful little boy, asking for prayer for this family...so this site reflects some of the original site, as well as the memorial that was created after the loss of this courageous little boy...please take time to view this site in its entirety...it is a celebration of love...
....BRYAN is a very sick little boy again and this time the doctors say they have done everything they can...but, you know, there is another greater PHYSICIAN whose healing talents are "miraculous"...I am asking everyone visiting this page to join hands and hearts with me and let's form a prayer chain to extend around the globe--let's lift BRYAN and his Mother up in prayer...praying for a miracle, asking God to give them both strength, courage, peace, and joy...
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THE "HIGH FLIGHT" AWARD BELONGS TO BRYAN...
HIGH FLIGHT
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
Sunward I have climbed and joined the tumbling mirth
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
---Written by young Canadian pilot, John Gillespie McGee--
Bryan, you don't know me, but I've come to know you well.
I heard of your Passion, and Love just like my own!
I have some friends who went your way, many years ago.
They too loved to fly, and loved their country too.
I told them of your courage, and how you wanted to fly.
So when Joe, Steve or Eddie, reaches for your hand,
I asked them to show you the ropes, and let you fly the right hand seat!
Tell them that I miss them, and think of them every day.
Every pilot knows the sky's forever, and we are but visitors here on earth,
So patiently wait for me, I'll be along 'bye and 'bye.
Dave Millard
Don't think of him as gone away~
Just think of him as resting~
Think of how he must be wishing~
And think of him as living~
~~Author Unknown~~
To find out more about being a bone marrow donor, click here!!
To Bryan's Mother...THANK YOU for sharing Bryan with all of us during this past year...although we never got to meet him personally, his presence in our WAV group filled us with a special feeling of love...we will treasure his memory and his special little courageous spirit will continue with us...a summer breeze, the sweet fragrance of a rose in full bloom as the early morning dew falls upon it, birds singing...all of this is part of BRYAN's SONG...and I just want you to know that we are all here for you--but more importantly, GOD is only a prayer away...
BRYAN...FOOTPRINTS ON OUR HEARTS...A Celebration of Love...
IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE, TELL THEM SO TODAY--WE HAVE NO PROMISE OF TOMORROW..
Every day is a gift we receive from Heaven. Let us enjoy today that which it bestows upon us. It belongs no more to the young than to the old, and tomorrow belongs to no one.
Heartfelt thanks to my friend, JIM (WAVMAN69), for making BRYAN's ANIMATED banner above...if you are in need of a banner, Jim is the person to contact..I also want to thank special AOL friends for their support and talented assistance while I have been working on this labor of love...Thanx to COWBOYINTX (Joel), FIRENICEX5 (Phyllis), AROSEINVA (Judi), LWAYZSMILN (Lisa), and HIPULL (Dave)...and again, special thanx to the Mother of this wonderful little boy, MAEREN...may the wonderful memories you have of him bring you peace and delight the rest of your life...
(Matthew 18:19-20)
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BRYAN (BRYMAN) - Recipient of the Highest "WINGS" Award of All
~~ January 24, 1998~~
This picture was made of BRYAN in August 1996 at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, where he was the "LITTLE PILOT OF THE DAY", part of the "WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR" program...where children with terminal illnesses are granted their utmost wish whenever possible...BRYAN wanted to FLY!!! But because of liability, he was not able to actually go up, but he was so excited over getting to sit in the plane and meet the pilot, and got lots of attention--they even had a banner draped on the plane with LITTLE PILOT OF THE DAY....BRYAN.......and now he has his own wings...he can fly!
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And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and
Soared and swung.
I've chased the shouting wind along,
And flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew.
the high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
(This poem is filled with his own love of flight--he died in an accident while flying his SPITFIRE on December 11, 1941, at Tangmere, England...)
I know of you thru a friend of mine
And have something to you I must tell!
I wish that I could fly high enough
to come get you and bring you home.
My wings are sticks and linen, my engine tired and old.
I have not yet been blessed like you,
With Angels' Wings of Gold.
They too died young,
And never did grow old.
I asked them all in a prayer
To try to contact you.
How you died just too young
before you ever got to try.
Tell them you were expecting them, and referred by a friend of theirs
who served with them in Nam.
I'm sure you'll find them just as did I,
the best friends you'll ever meet.
To keep a seat warm for me,
eventually I will be on MY way.
That beauty is in the heavens
and we should love it for all we're worth.
Maybe then I can shake your hand,
and off together we can fly!
57th Assault Helicopter Company Vietnam 71- 72
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CLICK HERE to visit Dave's REFLECTIONS web site and sign his guestbook..
His journey has just begun,
Life holds so many facets~
This earth is only one.
From the sorrows and the tears,
In a place of warmth and comfort~
Where there are no days and years.
That we could know today,
How nothing but our sadness~
Can really go away.
In the hearts of those he touched...
For nothing loved is ever lost~
And he was loved so much.
LINKS TO CHILDHOOD CANCER CENTERS
M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER - TEXAS
LEUKEMIA FACTS
LINKS TO CANCER RESOURCES
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
CHILDRENS' WISH FOUNDATION (for children with terminal illnesses)
THE NATIONAL CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS QUILT PROJECT...
This is a project of love...BRYAN's Mom (Pam) is part of this project, and she will be accompanying a group of other select parents of children with cancer to Washington, D.C., in the Fall and presenting this quilt to Congress to make our Nation more aware of the needs of these special children...please take time to read about this wonderful effort on behalf of all of these little children...
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. -- Hebrews 13:2
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is love. -- I Corinthians 13:14
And to Bryan's friends and everyone visiting this page, I just want to say this little guy touched a lot of lives and will continue to do so for a long time...at night, when you look up at the heavens on a clear starry night--look to the WEST--and the brightest star you will see (probably the one centered right over the HEART OF TEXAS) will be the "twinkle" of Bryan's big blue angelic eyes as he looks down and smiles at all of us...may we never forget BRYAN'S SONG and the little footprints he left behind for us all to follow...
Folks, if you don't see anything else on this site, you need to click on this link...it will cause your "cup to runneth over!!"
Bryan's AWARDS are just HEAVENLY!! His Mom is SO PROUD of each and every one of them!!! You may also apply for either BRYAN's awesome "I CAN FLY" Award or his Mom's new BEAUTIFUL "MY HEART GOES ON" Award...just click on PETER PAN and he will fly you there!! Just remember...your site has to be sorta heavenly too to receive one of these special awards!!
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