Mel | My Angel | November 20, 2010 |
Leslie Binno | 3yrs later | July 8, 2010 |
Jenna | I love you with all my heart <3 | July 8, 2010 |
Joanna Mouzourakis | i miss you...* | June 13, 2010 |
Joanna Mouzourakis | I still miss you and love you.. | December 24, 2009 |
Even if you were a million miles away
I could still feel you in my bed
Near me, touch me, feel me
And even at the bottom of the sea
I could still hear inside my head
Tellin' me, touch me, feel me
And all the time you were tellin' me lies
So tonight, I'm gonna find a way to make it without you
Tonight I'm gonna find a way to make it without you
I'm gonna hold on to the times we had tonight
I'm gonna find a way to make it without you
Have you ever tried sleeping with a broken heart?
Well, you could try sleeping in my bed
Lonely, own me nobody ever shut it down like you
You wore the crown
You made my body feel heaven bound
Why don't you hold me
Near me, I thought you told me
You'd never leave me
Looking in the sky I could see your face
And I know right where I fit in
Take me, make me, you know that I'll always be in love
With you
Right til the end OOh
So tonight, I'm gonna find a way to make it without you
Tonight I'm gonna find a way to make it without you
I'm gonna hold on to the times we had tonight
I'm gonna find a way to make it without you
Anybody could've told you right from the start
It's about to fall apart
So rather than hold on to a broken dream
Or just hold on to love
And I could find a way to make it
Don't hold on too tight
I'll make it without you tonight
So tonight, I'm gonna find a way to make it without you
Tonight I'm gonna find a way to make it without you
I'm gonna hold on to the times we had tonight
I'm gonna find a way to make it without you
(Alicia Keys - "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart)
Annoymous | The Word of God | December 17, 2009 |
I'll lend you for a little while,
a child of mine" God said,
"for you to love the while he lives,
and mourn for when he's dead.
It may be two or three short years,
or twenty-two or three,
but will you, till I call him back,
take care of him for me?
He'll bring his charms to gladden you,
and should he stay be brief,
you'll have his lovely memories
as solace for your grief.
I cannot promise he will stay,
since all from earth return,
but there are lessons taught down there
I want this child to learn.
I've looked the wide world over
in my search for teacher's true,
and from the throngs that crowd life's lanes,
I have selected you.
Now will you give him all your love?
Nor think the labor vain?
Nor hate me when I come to call,
to take him back again?"
God fancied he heard the parent's say,
"Dear Lord, thy will be done.
For all the joy the child shall bring,
the risk of grief I'll run.
I'll shelter him with tenderness,
I'll love him while I may,
and for the happiness I've known
forever grateful I'll stay.
But should the angels call for him,
much sooner than I planned,
I'll brave the bitter grief that comes,
and try to understand."
M*C*L | We Miss You!! | October 4, 2009 |
mom 2 Waylon Kitchens | with love | August 22, 2009 |
Leslie Binno | missing you........ | December 18, 2008 |
The Binno Family | One year later... | September 9, 2008 |
ONE YEAR LATER…….
Some say that with time things will get better. Others tell us to be happy for “He is in a better place.” There are those who say nothing because they do not have the right words to say. And there are those who say we have no faith; others say we have lost our faith; but we say… Faith is what keeps us going. Faith is what brings our heads off our pillows still soaked in tears from the night before each morning and what allows us to walk around with a fake smile so people do not know the truth of how broken we are. Faith is why we continue; it is what keeps us alive.
2007…what a year. From the immediate withdrawal of US Troops in
2007 is the year in which we came to question ourselves and wonder if we are the cause that God chose to take away such a loved brother and son; one whom was cherished and respected. Not many people realize just how hard it is to lose a sibling or child. No one who has not experienced it can understand or feel how it changes and affects your life.
One year later on the anniversary of Ryan’s tragic accident, a year after that devastating event and still we don’t feel that we are getting any stronger, yet we know, on an emotional level, that what happened nearly killed our family. Feeling the guilt and anger of as though we could have, would have, should have done something, combined with the dreaded awareness that others we love could leave this earth just as quickly, was enough to make us want to shut down for good. The odd thing is that we all had to get up the next morning and actually live our lives even though we felt our souls have died and our hearts had stopped beating. “A tragedy will make you stronger” they said. And even today we want to question them, to tell them how it feels to be a part of our family at this point; I want to know “How? How is it now that we are supposed to be stronger?
The days that have followed the loss of our dear Ryan have been unbearable. Our family was torn apart and none of us would ever be the same, especially our Father and Mother. Our mother started to tell us gradually how she felt, she said that “when you have children one day you will feel your children’s every hurt, sorrow and pain”, “My purpose of a mother is to immediately know what my children need and live everyday and to protect them” “I never thought a day would come where I would want to hide away from people and not know how to face them. I feel like I am living everyday with cancer in every part of my body. Our father says “I feel like a dead body walking everyday” “the worst thing in the world is having to burry your own child”. It is the most terrible kind of grief especially knowing even time can’t make it any better. Raising a child from birth, watching him as he takes his first steps and losing his first tooth, all the way to watching him walk across stage for high school graduation…then with in a snap of two fingers he is gone from our lives and there is nothing you can say or do to bring him back.”
Not a single hour passes that we do not pray, that we do not ask that the great Lord keeps our Faith strong and alive. Although we constantly question why this would happen to such a good Catholic family; why the Lord would take away the most important thing we had; why it couldn’t be another day; why we couldn’t stop it; why; we know that Faith is the only hope we have of seeing Ryan again. Faith is the only thing that reminds us that he is alive and watching over us. Faith is the reason we continue to live our lives. Faith is the reason we live our lives better; so that one day the Lord and Ryan open the gates to the place we long to reach…Heaven.
We will mourn for the things that we'll never see with him, the fun and celebrations we'll never share and those special moments in our lives when he won’t be there. We will continue to remember the past, live in the present, and await the future. There is a constant feeling of something missing but you don’t know what it is. For the rest of our lives we will all live with a huge whole in our heart that will never be filled again.
To those who have lost loved ones you know how it feels and to those who haven’t we ask of you to cherish your loved ones, live every moment as if it will be your last, keep your Faith and pray for others. Life on Earth is short but life after Earth is eternity…
July 8, 2008
Candice Binno | Happy Birthday! | August 25, 2008 |
Hey, Ryan... Happy 24th Birthday habebe! I wish you were here so that we could throw you a party and get you lots and lots of presents, but there is only so much we could wish for right.... I know your having a blast up there, your going to have the biggest party up there just like you used to do here. Hey...just so you know the closer it gets to my wedding the sadder I get just thinking about you not being there. You know what though I know you'll be there , you'll be right by my side! b/c YOUR MY GUARDIAN ANGEL ! I love you more than you could imagine. shine over me and give me strength xoxoxo always thinking about you...
Candice
Lena Hakim | Forever in our Hearts | August 20, 2008 |
A year has passed
Gone and flown by
But it hasn't been the same
without you by our sides.
Like a bird with no wings
Like a heart with no beat
We all feel something's missing
Our lives so incomplete.
Your words still carry on
Your voice still in our minds
Never will we forget
Or leave any memories behind.
We know you'd want us to be happy
Live life full and strong
But sometimes we might forget
Your help has been with us all along.
So we will carry on each day
Yet it may not be the same
But you are always in our hearts
And may forever live your name.
We love you Ryan. Protect us! I know your always smiling down on us.
We Miss you!! <33
Happy Early Birthday!!!!
~~~ Forever in our Hearts~~~
Dana Hakim | I Miss You<3 | July 22, 2008 |
We saw the rain keep falling and clouds coming over you.
For so long a storm you struggled but you never thought it would end this way.
We saw the waves keep crashing the tides coming up on you.
For so long a storm you struggled but you never thought it would end this way.
(And He'll say)
"Just take my hand, and were off to a place where lambs sleep with the lions.
Don't turn away, don't be afraid because were off to a better place."
Just take them as they lie, this is all that we ask for.
Because we don't know the reason, we don't know why, you chose for this to happen.
So what's the reason? Take a minute to reflect on this.
I get the feeling that the answer has just gone amiss.
And like a metaphor as if it had no purpose.
Live to die, and well die to live forever.
We saw the ice keep breaking and the cold taking over you.
For so long a storm you struggled but you never thought it would end this way.
Will you keep an eye on us? Will you be there waiting when its our turn?
Will you keep an eye on us? Because we'll meet you when, oh we'll pray to meet you when its our turn.
So heres the crowd, a small group of people will circle up pray you're welcomed into heaven.
We'll break down inside while laughing at your memories.
It feels like a wedding when its raining, but here the sun is rising it will shine again.
watch over our family ryan and keep us strong, i love you and miss you so much. GOD BLESS<3
Love your cousin
Dana<3
Candice Binno | Long time... | May 30, 2008 |
Ha Ryan, wow its almost been one year without seeing your amazing face or hearing your beautiful voice. I have'nt wrote to you in a while because I cannot bear to understand that I cannot just pick up the phone and talk to you, instead I have to come on a stupid website to layout my feelings and thoughts :( that really just boggles my mind.
Well Ryan like you always wanted...... I'm engaged!!! ....to a wonderful man. It hurts like hell inside that you could'nt be here to see us together because I know you would have been sooo happy for me. There is so much happening in my life, I would have gave up anything in the world for you to have been here. You know what I love about Calvin the most.......he reminds me of you in so many ways. As happy as I should be Ryan....I just cannot feel it....If this was any other girl, she would be the happiest girl in the world, but me....I just cannot feel that in my heart right now. My heart has been torn out of my body shreaded apart and then put back in my body and ripped apart all over again. This nightmare of a dream is neverending! Nothing is going to kill me more than my wedding day :( when i'm walking down that isle and knowing your not at the other end standing in line with the rest of the grooms men.... :"( i ask everyday whyyyy my brother??? what did we do wrong? what did he do wrong?? why did it happen the way it did? Ughhh question after question, after question...I love you Ryan and i know your standing beside me every step of the way MUAH xoxo.
Love,
Candice
Janel Hakim | i miss you | April 12, 2008 |
Joanna Mouzourakis | :: Beloved :: | March 27, 2008 |
It's colder than before
The seasons took all they had come for
Now winter dances here
It seems so fitting don't you think
To dress the ground in white and grey?
It's so quiet I can hear…
My thoughts touching every second
That I spent waiting for you
Circumstances afford me
No second chance to tell you
How much I've missed you
My beloved do you know
When the warm wind comes again
Another year will start to pass
And please don't ask me why I'm here
Something deeper brought me
Than a need to remember
We were once young and blessed with wings
No heights could keep us from their reach
No sacred place we did not soar
Still greater things burned within us
I don't regret the choices that I've made
I know you feel the same
My beloved do you know
How many times I stared at clouds
Thinking that I saw you there
These are feelings that do not pass so easily
I can't forget what we claimed is ours
Moments lost and time remains
I am so proud of what we were
No pain remains, no feeling
Eternity awaits
Grant me wings that I might fly
My restless soul is longing
No pain remains, no feeling
Eternity awaits
My beloved do you know
When the warm wind comes again
Another year will start to pass
And Please don't ask me why I'm here
Something deeper brought me
Than a need to remember
My beloved do you know
How many times I stared at clouds
Thinking that I saw you there
These are feelings that do not pass so easily
I can't forget what we claimed is ours
Moments lost though time remains
I am so proud of what we were
No pain remains, no feeling
Eternity awaits
Grant me wings that I might fly
My restless soul is longing
No pain remains, no feeling
Eternity awaits
Moments lost though time remains
I am so proud of what we were
No pain remains, no feeling
Eternity awaits
Grant me wings that I might fly
My restless soul is longing
No pain remains, no feeling
Eternity awaits
Moments lost though time remains
I am so proud of what we were
No pain remains, no feeling
Eternity awaits
Grant me wings that I might fly
My restless soul is longing
No pain remains, no feeling
Eternity awaits
Melinda Binno | Easter | March 23, 2008 |
Anonymous | FROM RYAN IN HEAVEN TO HIS FAMILY | March 23, 2008 |
They say that life is fleeting
I know that this is true
I left this world so quickly
With no goodbye to you.
I know how much you miss me
Your tears fall ever light
The pillow where you lay your head
Is wet with them at night.
I know your heart is hurting
The words we left, unsaid
I love you’s, left unspoken
Are spinning in your head.
The strength that I have carried
That served to make you whole
Remains to make you stronger
Within your grieving soul.
For you see, while you were weeping
On the day I passed away
At the gravesite near the flowers
Where my loved ones knelt to pray.
An angel came to see me
She took me by the hand
She led me to a kingdom
In a very distant land.
As I look down from heaven
And see you standing there
Your heart so ever burdened
With more grief than it can bear.
I long to bring you comfort
I long to give you peace
I long to hold you closely
Cause all your tears to cease.
The joy I’ve found in heaven
Goes far beyond compare
The love that’s so elusive
Can be found here everywhere.
The light is softly shining
There’s no storm clouds here or rain
There’s no teardrops found in heaven
There’s no suffering, there’s no pain.
You needn’t be so troubled
Stay close to God and pray
That someday we’ll be together
One bright and glorious day.
So my love, you shouldn’t question
My dear you need not cry
I’ve gone to be with Jesus
I really didn’t die.
Leslie Binno | Ryans 1st Easter in Heaven..... | March 21, 2008 |
Ryan’s 1st Easter In Heaven
Your first Easter in heaven,
How we miss you Ryan
Walking hand in hand with Jesus
Your face must surely glow
Remembering your laughter,
grins, howdys, and hellos.
Our hearts ache with grief,
We never thought you’d really go.
What’s it like for you in heaven …
Oh how we long to know.
Face to face with our Lord Jesus
On this precious Easter morn.
Jesus hear our prayers
Touch our aching hearts we pray.
As you visit all the children
In heaven with you today
Would you tell Ryan we miss him
And that we send our love his way.
I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU DEEPLY....
Love The Binno Family.....
Jenna aka Jenuba | I love you | February 3, 2008 |
Ryan, I love you so much. I wish you were here with all of us. i wish you were besides your mom, sisters, and brother. I hate to see your mom tear up like this. The time when i saw your mom cry i was really sad for her :( i always used to see your mom warm and happy and now she feels empy and cold. Its so sad and hurtful that your not here, especially besides your mom and Bebe, hatlee Bebe. I wish i got to talk to you one last time, i wish you taught me everything in life and more. Easter is on its way and your not going to be over my house like how you used to. I remember you always used to make it in time just before the clock struck 12 on New Years when you came from work. Thats all you ever did, work and take care of your family. You were such a good person and always had an open heart, thats why right now, your living in a better place, away from all the hatred, anger, hurt, and grief, your living in a place where your an Angel and looking down upon us and everyone else. You see everyone now, who they truly are. Everyone makes mistakes, but those who learn from those mistakes and ignore all the bad in life will grow as a person, as a person who doesn't care about the bad anymore, doesnt care about the "image" and what they think people want them to be. Its being yourself and growing as an individual who will always, no matter what have an open heart even if there is chaos going on. This is exactly what you did Ryan, ignore all of it, all the bad, and just focused on the good in life, thats why this second, you are living in paradise. You can Rest now, and take a break from this all, but soon when the time is right, and when we people grow how you've grown, as a loving, caring, respectful, and great person, then we will soon meet again, and talk for centuries about this all. But go to sleep now, and i'll see you soon Ryan, i'll see you soon.
I love you older cous.
xoxo
<3
Jenuba :-*