Note Regarding Order of Entries

The posts in the pages that follow are in this order:

May 2012: CAS Graduation—Kyle Harty Strang Spirit of CAS Award
May 2011: CAS Graduation—Kyle's loyal and loving CAS-mates move up.
March 2011: Two incredible articles that appeared in local newspapers
November: Lyrics of a beautiful song written for Kyle by Sarah Crews
July: Things shared on and around the 17th anniversary of Kyle's birth
June: Snippets of Facebook interchanges, end of school year pieces, and other things written to Kyle
May: CAS Memorial and misc. contributions received in May (in the order the comments were made)
April: Kyle's funeral and misc. contributions received in April (in the order the comments were made)
March 2010: Before Kyle's funeral and information about where to make donations in Kyle's memory

Because postings do not appear in the order they were posted, you will have to check the listing in the Blog Archive below to see whether there are posts you have not read, and then click on those posts.

If you made comments at one of the memorial events and/or if you have words about Kyle that you would like to post, send to: jbarber@berkeley.edu

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Sunday, April 4, 2010

Fireworks for Kyle By Uncle Bruce

On the date you were born
Fireworks lit the sky
And again every year
As your birthday rolled by

And I guess they’ll continue
In future years, too
And wherever I am
I’ll be thinking of you

I thank God to have known you
From when you were quite small
And cheered too loudly for you
When you pitched in baseball

To have sung you to sleep
And then held you a while
As you snuggled up to me
Sweet Godbaby Kyle  

To have just been around you
When you flashed that bright smile
And raised bushy eyebrows
My dear Godson Kyle

I’m sure there’ll be fireworks
Come next Fourth of July
And I’ll feel you there with me
So I’ll smile as I cry

Remembering the gift
We received on that day
And so many good times
Before you went away

Though I’m empty and sad
I’ll rebound in a while
Knowing now, more than ever
You’re “God’s own boy,” Kyle

And there’s one more thing
That I’m certain is true
Every year there’ll be fireworks
In remembrance of you

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