Sunday, July 10, 2011

brynnstrong

 a lot of cool things have happened to honor my dear bff (breast friend forever) after her death.
it has been really great to see how much she was loved by every single person she met and the impression she made in this life. 
i still miss and think about her every day.
i will always miss her.

he funeral packed the church. not just friends and family came to say goodbye, but people who heard her story and how amazing she was. everything was perfect. 
more on that later (i dont have any pictures of it yet. sad)

there have been 2 memorial bike rides in her name. 

jelissa, me, kari, emma, magen, katie

 the first was on june 17, 10 days after her accident.
first of all, the fact that everything worked out so perfectly. getting the permit to hold this large of an event usually takes a month, decals saying "brynnstrong" were donated, orange bracelets with "live to inspire" and "brynnstrong"were made, t-shirts were donated for the family and close friends to wear, and hundreds of people came out to show love and support for her family, a lot of money was donated to the charities the brynn had worked many times "choice" and "MS society". and lastly the free police escort for the route which i am pretty sure costs a lot of money for any normal event.

erin and zach
kjarsten (brynns boyfriend)

magen jelissa amy katie emma
kari me brynne
brynne frei

jelissa amy me

dave my support system 
(he has been so amazing helping me through this)

jeff (brynns dad)
 i am pretty sure that brynn was up there making sure everything worked out for her big event. its everything she always wanted, to be famous! 

nicki mike me whitney
 whitney made these shirts for us. all of theirs say" brynn strong" and mine says "right half" (brynn was the left half)
after the ride there was a candlelight vigil and we watched the movie that was played at her funeral. scott foster sang her requested song by green day "time of your life"

I have a video
but its not working
help?!

the second ride was on july 7, 1 month after her accident
( i still can not believe that it has been a month)

 jen, ashley, mike, emilee, whitney, brandon
 emilee
 whitney
 brandy pulling her babies
whit and mike

love you bran!


3 comments:

  1. we are so lucky to have known such a famous woman!!! i'm missing brynn lots today. the bike rides really turned out so great. love you gf.

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  2. i love the benefit events and am still so mad at myself for missing on thursday! so great to see you twiiice this weekend. still pray for you every day. love you girf

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  3. great pictures! i love seeing you smile mal even though i know it's hard. love you so much!!! xoxo

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