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Daniel Lee Carter II
  
Daniel Lee Carter II
A Memorial Tribute
How does one ever begin to honor
the memory of their "only" sibling?
That is one of the many questions
that I keep asking myself after
_ July 15th, 2003 _
the day my world forever changed...
The day my younger brother Danny
passed away unexpectedly at age 34,
due to a massive heart attack.
How can one find words
to convey to the world
what a special person Danny was?
Now after five years
of trying to deal with my loss,
I find myself still
at a crossroads,
because the feelings of missing
my little brother never leaves me.
The grief remains,
and living with a hurt
that runs so deep
in my broken heart,
I realize my life
can never be as it was,
because half of
what made me whole
is now gone,
never to be replaced...
So I thought
one of the ways
that I can still continue
to honor my brother,
my best friend
and greatest confidant,
is to let you meet him,
in his own words,
from a small Bio site
that he had online
at the time of his passing.
Rather than let it go unseen,
I want to share it with those
who care to look and read it,
and hopefully you might see
what a unique individual
this precious soul was,
and in my heart
remains...
Forever loved by his Big Sis, Dora
*Click Here* to Sign & View
Danny's Memory Guestbook
Can't Cry Hard Enough
I'm going to live my life
like every day's the last,
without a simple goodbye,
it all goes by so fast.
and now that you're gone,
I can't cry hard enough
for you to hear me now.
Gonna open my eyes
and see for the first time
I've let go of you like
a child letting go of his kite
there it goes....up in the sky......
there it goes, beyond the clouds
for no reason why.....
I can't cry hard enough,
no I can't cry hard enough
for you to hear me now.
going to look back in vain
and see you standing there
when all that remains
is just an empty chair.
and now that you're gone,
I can't cry hard enough,
no I can't cry hard enough
for you to hear me now.
To listen to a Audio Wav of this song
**Click Here**
It was one of Danny's favorites,
and was one of the songs played at his service.
Death is nothing at all. It does not count.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
Nothing has happened.
Everything remains exactly as it was.
I am I, and you are you,
and the old life that we lived
so fondly together is untouched, unchanged.
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.
Call me by the old familiar name.
Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.
Put no difference into your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed
at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word
that it always was.
Let it be spoken without an effort,
without the ghost of a shadow upon it. Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was.
There is absolute and unbroken continuity.
What is this death but a negligible accident?
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am but waiting for you, for an interval,
somewhere very near, just around the corner.
All is well. Nothing is hurt, nothing is lost.
One brief moment and all will be as it was before. How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting
when we meet again!'
THINK OF ME
When you walk out into the cold wind of winter,
When you see a leaf fall to the ground,
Think of Me.
When you raise your face to the sunshine,
When you notice spring flowers all around,
Think of Me.
For I will always be with you.
I'll know of your joy and your pain.
Think of Me as your Guardian Angel,
thru days of dark clouds and rain.
Think of Me in all that you do,
for I'll always be there to carry you thru.
Think of Me.
I am your Brother.
My Love remains with you thoughout each new day.
Think of Me.
"Who You'd Be Today"
Sunny days seem to hurt the most.
I wear the pain like a heavy coat.
I feel you everywhere I go.
I see your smile, I see your face,
I hear you laughin' in the rain.
I still can't believe you're gone.
It ain't fair you died too young,
Like a story that had just begun,
But death tore the pages all away.
God knows how I miss you,
All the hell that I've been through,
Just knowin' no one could take your place.
Sometimes I wonder,
Who'd you be today?
Would you see the world?
Would you chase your dreams?
Settle down with a family,
I wonder what would you name your babies?
Somedays the sky's so blue,
I feel like I can talk to you,
An' I know it might sound crazy.
It ain't fair you died too young,
Like a story that had just begun,
But death tore the pages all away.
God knows how I miss you,
All the hell that I've been through,
Just knowin' no one could take your place.
An' sometimes I wonder,
Who you'd be today?
Sunny days seem to hurt the most.
I wear the pain like a heavy coat.
The only thing that gives me hope,
Is I know I'll see you again someday.
Click Here: To Listen to a wav. of this Song...
The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the Serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can;
and Wisdom to know the difference.
I felt it only right to end this page with the Serenity Prayer.
It meant so much to Danny
that he had it tattooed around his right ankle,
scrolling around in a beautiful script, like a vine.
It is also inscribed on his headstone.
Daniel Lee Carter II
April 20,1969 - July 15,
2003
click here: to view Danny's monument
There are moments in life
when you miss someone so much
that you just want to pick them
from your dreams and hug them for real...
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