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| In Loving Memory |
| Thomas Robert Brennan November 19, 1962 January 21, 2002 |
| Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy. an eskimo legend |
| Summer 1995 Tom and Patrick watching a sandcastle wash away...one of their favorite beach activites. Tom loved spending one on one time with the kids. He was such a wondeful father. |
| Tom surf fishing at the Outer Banks April 2001.fishing April 2001 Outer Banks, NC |
| How do you say goodbye to your best friend? The one you love most in the world? I made this page to help me do just that. I met Tom at UMASS Amherst in the Fall of 1985. After a few years of dating, we were married on June 23rd, 1990. Our life together was much too short. Tom was my best friend, my love, my life....my everything. Tom died after suffering a stroke during a heart valve transplant. After being in a coma for 5 days and after many heart breaking decisions on my part, he finally departed from our lives. Our hearts ache to have him back with us. We long to hear his laughter or his voice call our names, to feel his gentle touch and hold him in our arms. We are all in such disbelief over his death. Tom was a wonderful man, full of life. His greatest love was his family. Tom enjoyed being with us and couldn't imagine going off on vacation without taking the kids. One of our favorite places to go was to the Outer Banks of NC where we would just hang out on the beach and enjoy the time together. Tom enjoyed fishing and and walking along the shore beachcombing. He also loved our home and took such pride in the rooms he'd remodeled (some with the help of family and friends) . He enjoyed music and loved to sing to the kids. I can recall evenings of Tom singing goodnight songs to our children...oh how I miss that. Although he claimed to have only a few friends, Tom had many. I never met anyone that didn't like Tom. Many people have expressed this sentiment to me. He knew how to have fun and how to live. He loved throwing BBQs and entertaining. All were welcome in our home and he had no trouble making people feel at home and comfortable. There is a song out by Leeann Womack called "Something Worth Leaving Behind" there is a line that says " If I will love then I will find I have touched another life and that's something, something worth leaving behind." From the out pouring of support from family, friends, coworkers and our community, I believe that Tom touched so many lives. He will definately live on in us. I know this for I see his smile and his spirit in the faces of our children. We miss you Tom.....you will live on in our hearts forever and a day. |
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| June 23rd 1990 The day I married my best friend. We had a heck of a time getting this candle lit. Its ironic that we lit one to symbolize our unity. Now, I light one in rememberance of Tom. |
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| Sitting in Solitude by Lisa Sitting in Solitude memories scattered about my feet Here in the present I see You in the past smiling, joking, words frozen on your lips vibrant, young and Alive In tears I silently wonder where you are Are you here with me? Are you there with God? Or are you not? My mind wanders to the past where I long to be There I could be held by you There I could hear your voice There I could feel your love Coming forward back to where you are not and missing you in solitude. |
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| Tom with Meri (his Meri Sunshine) |
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| Tom playing with the kids and the 'scary crab dinner' |
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| Tom enjoying the comraderie shared during New Years with his family...so sad to think we didn't know it was his last. |