~Aids Awareness~ The AIDS Memorial Quilt is a poignant memorial, a powerful tool for prevention education and the largest ongoing community arts project in the world. Each of the more than 44,000 colorful panels in the Quilt memorializes the life of a person lost to AIDS. As the epidemic claims more lives, the Quilt continues to grow and to reach more communities with its messages of remembrance, awareness and hope.

AIDS Is A Slient Killer....That Kill So Many We Love

~Aids Memorial~

Our brother David died of Aids Oct.9 1988...at that time i knew very little of this terrible disease...all i knew was that my little brother had it and was going to die in a matter of time...this was so very hard to understand how this could happen to a wonderful person with so much love to give. ~MY Fears~ David was Loved by every one that knew him and he was always welcome in our home with open arms and when i found out that he had AIDS that terrified me because i did not understand or know much about the disease...when David told the family that he had Aids i can remember back and thinking Oh My God should we keep our distance from him ..what if i catch it from him or one of our children gets it from a hug or a kiss....BOY was i wrong to think that way...David needed his family right now and there was no need for the fear that i was filling...threw the months that followed his illness he moved away and we didn,t see as much of each other...but the times that we were together we laught and enjoyed what time we had together...it was so very hard to watch this fine man going down hill... the disease was taking him from us really fast...he had to be put in the hospital and when we went to see him we had to put on gowns before we went into his room...it was so very scary and i was afraid to touch him for even give him a hug....Damn why didn,t i hang on to him and hold him tight .....How stupid i was not to ask alot of question about AIDS.....i really thought that David was going to be ok...that night before we left the hospital i told David that i loved him ...that night David died...All i have to tell every one is that if you know any one with Aids....Please stand by that person and make them fill LOVED...don,t pull away from them... I want to thank a wonderful man who LOVE our brother and took care of him ..God Bless you Harry.