Mark Bishop was a good man. He was a very intelligent, thoughtful man. We were married 13 years and knew each other 15 years. We grew a lot together, experiencing and discussing many issues. Somehow, the topic of organ donation after death never came up. Mark loved to help people. He was a creative electrical engineer and respected coworker. He was very involved in church, he wanted to make connections with others, and never missed…
Michael was born May 8, 1974 and passed away on June 20th, 2000 at the young age of 26! Michael’s precious daughter Gabrielle, was 6 years old and her Daddy’s accident was on Father’s Day 🙁 Michael was such a lover of life and believed so strongly in Organ Donation, that he gave the gift of life to 3 people and enhanced the lives of 29 others, 32 in total! He loved all sports, he…
Sammy was born in The Woodlands, TX on August 13, 1997 to Wayne and Dianne Blair. Those who knew Sammy, even just a little, lost a shining light in their lives. His faith was at the center of his life and shown through in everything he did and said, even when — perhaps especially when — he was just goofing around with his family and friends. From an early age, athletics was a very big…
I remember just like it was yesterday, the moment when the doctors told me that my best friend, the love of my life, the father of my children was gone. I relive that moment every day and how I felt and how I reacted and what came after. The next thing that happened has changed my life in so many ways, for the better, and for that I am forever grateful. I was asked if…
We remember: We remember when we brought Brad home from the hospital and how he turned out to be such a good baby, never crying and always by our side “what a lap baby he was”. We remember how Brad always wanted to go with us everywhere and Oh! how he enjoyed being with his mom and dad. We remember when he choked on a hot dog and it scared us half to death! We…
Kate Alison Bronstein was a 19 year old sophomore at Baylor University when she died on November 14, 2007. She double majored in art history and international studies and was a member of the Kappa Delta sorority, where she served as the special events coordinator. Kate had a loving heart and cared deeply for her family and friends. She was a strong-willed and focused individual who knew what she wanted in life and pursued it…
Sometime after Dean died, I found a folder on his computer entitled: KEEP IT SIMPLE AND NEVER QUIT! The folder contained 3 Word doc files created one year and one month before he succumbed to a drug overdose. After reading the Word docs I realized Dean was a very organized and well thought out individual in spite of the conflicted life he led. The one Word doc was a simple list of bullet points he…
Hunter Browning was 8 when an ATV accident took his life. Big brother, Austin, age 12, knew that help was urgent. He ran quickly over a mile to get his mom, and together they arranged the necessary emergency assistance. Hunter’s life was not saved by those heroic actions, yet, ironically, their very effort has saved the lives of four strangers. Austin’s quick thinking and immediate decision-making belied his youth. His was the reaction of a…
I am Jonathan Scott Burgess’s mother. On January 4th, 2012, I was told that I needed to have my gall bladder removed. My 17 year old son Jonathan seemed a little worried. I talked to him about what a simple procedure it was going to be and that it was just like when I had my appendix taken out and like when I had some female procedures done. It would just be a simple day…
Brittany Nicole Cail graduated from Torrance High School in Southern California, June of 2007. That summer she decided to go to New Orleans to visit her grandparents. She ended up loving it there and decided to call it home. She obtained a job in food service at the local hospital, Slidell Memorial, and loved it. January of 2008 her mom, Raquel, went for a visit and Brittany was very proud of the fact that she…