Danny Pieper’s Celebration of Life

Yesterday was a day no parent ever wants to have happen. I had to tell my two children that their father passed away. The pain, the heartache, the questions were unimaginable! Yesterday I received the phone call no one wants to hear. At 7:30am yesterday a nurse from the hospital called me and wanted to know if I had any relation to Danny Pieper. Danny had been in the hospital for two days on life support with no family by his side. The hospital was told by the person who dropped him off he had no family. He was left their alone. My heart at that moment was in pieces. I walked in to see the man whom I shared 12 years of my life with, 2 children with, many laughs and tears with laying there with machines keeping him alive. To make the phone calls to his sisters and brothers to let them know what was happening was enough to make the strongest of people feel weak. I felt so helpless at that moment. All I could do was hold his hand. Tell him I love him. Tell him his kids love him, and pray he was going to be in a better place. Danny Pieper was a good man. Someone who could make anyone laugh. A smart man who’s brain was filled with all this knowledge that he could out argue anyone. A man who not always made the best decisions but always had the best intentions. Danny lived a hard life. Although the path he went down at times took him to places his family and I didn’t agree with, we always stayed by his side. Hoping and praying that he would be okay. Although many have speculated that the epidemic of drugs is what took Danny to his final resting place, I am here to say that was not the case. Danny was clean and sober when he passed away. Danny passed away yesterday due to a seizure that led to cardiac arrest. His heart gave out on him. There was no fight left in him anymore. I sit here right now trying to put the pieces back together for a lot of people who have broken hearts, including myself. Danny is a man I will miss terribly every day. I will continue to fight through the tears and the pain. Love our children. Keep his memory alive. Support his family who is also my family, and make it my mission to give him a memorial that he deserves. Death is an unfortunate circumstance that no one can predict. Financially no one is ever prepared for this. Myself and his family do not have a ton of money. I am asking that those who knew Danny. Those who knew his family. Help give him a farewell. Help us find closure. The plan we would like to see carried out would be a memorial service for him, a celebration of his life. If you can please make that happen for him, his children, family and I would forever be grateful!