Our loving brother has passed away.

Hey everyone, my name is Brenda.  My brother Manuel has Stage 4 Terminal Cancer.   He's only 44years old and would have had his whole life ahead of him.   As I type this asking for your help, I'm sitting bedside next to him in his hospital room.   I'm trying to hold back my tears so that my dear mother and brother don't see me cry.   My heart hurts so much.   I know the outcome of this terrible disease.   It's not how he's going to pass.   It's when he's going to pass.   We have no control over it and it breaks my heart.   My brother is my hero.   And he deserves to have a proper burial.   Let me tell you a little bit about the man behind the picture.  This man right here has never let his family go without. He's taken in and taken care of numerous amounts of family and friends.   And asked nothing in return; that's just the type of guy he is.   He's stepped up and stepped in when his nieces and nephews needed him.  He's a father figure to many.   Anything they needed, he made it happen in his own way.   There was nothing Uncle Manuel couldn't do.  He loves his family so much.   When my dad passed away, my brother stepped into his shoes and cared for our beautiful mother.   Anything she wanted was an ask away.   He loves his mama and treats her like a Queen.  If you called my brother, he was there.  If you needed his help, he was there just a phone call away.   If you needed a friend to talk to, his door was always open.  His family has always been number 1.  It was a few months ago, it got freezing outside.  My brother was admitted into the hospital.  He called my son with out me knowing and told him to buy the parts for my truck and fix my heater.  He didn't want me driving around cold.  Even when he was sick, he was still thinking about us.  My brother has been on Dialysis for over ten years.  He had kidney failure years ago.  He was on the list for a kidney for years, and then his other kidney started failing.  The cancer began to grow on his Kidney.   They decided to take it out along with the other kidney.  In the year 2020, I sat in the room with my brother as the doctor came in and said he had Cancer.  We didn't realize at the time he was stage 4.  In the doctor's own words, he said "I'm sorry, it's moving aggressively" and walked out.  The cancer had already spread from his right side of his hip.  It was also embedded in his bone throughout his right leg.  We sat in the room trying to process what we were just told I hugged him as we both cried. They then scheduled his first radiation appointment.  We drove home in silence as we went home to break the news to our beautiful mother. Today is March 8, 2022 my brother has ran his race of life and isn't going willingly.  He's trying to fight but his body is tired.   My brother is running out of time. He's declining a little every day.  When the time comes, I want to hold our beautiful mother and be there for our family.  I don't want her to worry about how she's going to lay her son to rest.  She's already had to bury one son in her lifetime.  My brother Joe was hit and killed by a drunk driver when I was 3.  My brother Manuel has always told his friends, that the last thing he ever wanted was our mom to bury another son.   I wish God would spare our sweet loving brother.  He has turned his whole life around for his family and showed us that anything is possible.  He put himself through Barber school even through hard times and obstacles that came his way.  He always made a way and came out on top.   He's a role model to all his nieces and nephews.  And an inspiration to many.   Our brother deserves the best.  Please open your hearts to help us.  No amount is too small.  Your kindness won't go unseen.  Our brother always told my mom, "I have friends and family that love me and would help me out.  All I got to do is ask them".   Well, friends and family, I'm speaking on my brother's behalf since he cannot speak for himself.  We need your help. Your donations will cover the opening and closing of the dirt at his gravesite at Rosehill Cemetery.   The vault that the coffin will be sealed in and the cement slab that goes over the vault.  We will also be using the money for his funeral arrangements at Corpus Christi funeral home on Baldwin.  The police escorts will also need to be payed. Funeral cards with his picture are also a separate charge.  The floral arrangement that goes ontop of his casket and the guest sign in book.  Our brother is so lucky to have been blessed with an amazing group of friends and family. We Thank yall for opening up your hearts to help us in our time of need.  God bless each and every one of you.  We love all of you from the bottom of our hearts.