The Brownson Family

on a day


a day just like any other day


she met him 


and he met her


forty days later they were married


soon one daughter 


then not long after 


came another 


then all of a sudden the gods agreed to rejoice


because


born into this world was a perfect family of four

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together 


this family of four


lived and loved one another


in a house by the sea


a house that would become their home


a home with light bright enough to blind them from the darkness and troubles of the outside world


eight eyes alive together


seeing each other year after year


from one morning to the next

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time can't be seen


but it lets us know its here 


time is the jet black nights and sunny yellow days


time is the baby's first steps


time is the wet rain that always becomes the dry ground


time is the first and last sound of breath

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families that love each other are alive together


this family of four lived alive


as four they lived through health


as four they lived through sickness 


as four they lived through time


death


as three they live through death


as three they will live through time

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she is gone


his wife is


she is gone 


their mother is


she is gone


our friend is

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my name is randy clement


i am like you


i am saddened by this loss


i am like you


i yearn to help


i have known robert brownson for the entirety of my adult life


i have known his daughters vittoria and sophia for the entirety of their lives


and it pains me to use past tense too soon


i knew nicola bottacin - brownson when she was living her life

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this is an invitation


a request


to help this once family of four who has suddenly become a family of three


this is a request for a  monetary contribution


if you are able to contribute please do so


every bit, little or big, will help


i am like you


i too am stricken with insurmountable hope and optimism


i am like you


i know that with the help of time our friends robert, vittoria, and sophia will get through this


and i am like you


i want to help them


thank you for reading


thank you for giving

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p.s.


i hope for robert, victoria, and sophias sakes


that the light at the end of teach of their tunnels


will end in the palm of nicolas hand


so they once again


will live alive as a family of four


-Randy Clement
Friend of Robert, Victoria and Sophia 


All contributions go directly to Robert Brownson for outstanding medical expenses and Victoria and Sophia's education.