This memorial website was created in the memory of my brother, David Ariss who was born in California on November 12, 1964 and passed away on October 13, 2006 from a heart attack at the age of 41. We will remember him forever. He was a fun loving son, husband, brother, uncle and  friend. 

We are still missing you!
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 -  "There is a time for everything, a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die... 
                    3:4 "a time to weep and a time to laugh,
                            a time to mourn and a time to dance..."

In a Blink of an Eye  - by Mercy Me

You put me here for a reason, you have a mission for me,
You knew my name and You called it, long before I learned to breathe,
Sometimes I feel disappointed by the way I spend my time,
How can I further Your kingdom, when I 'm so wrapped up in mine,
In a blink of an eye that is when I 'll be closer to You than I've ever been,
Time will fly, but until then, I'll embrace every moment I'm given,
There is a reason I am alive - for a blink of an eye.

And though I'm living a good life, can my life be something great? 
I have to answer the question before it's too late.
If I give the very best of me - that becomes my legacy, so what am I waiting for?


We knew little that morning that
God was going to call your name.
In life we loved you dearly.
In death we do the same.

It broke our hearts to lose you.
You did not go alone,
for part of us went with you
the day God called you home.

You left us peaceful memories.
Your love is still our guide.
And though we cannot see you,
you are always at our side.

Our family chain is broken
and nothing seems the same,
but as God calls us one by one,
the Chain will link again.


I'm Free

Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free
I'm following the path God laid for me.
I took His hand when I heard Him call,
I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day,
To laugh, to love, to work or play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way,
I found that place at the close of day.

If my parting has left a void,
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,
Ah yes, these things, I too, will miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow,
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life's been full, I savored much,
Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all too brief,
Don't lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your heart and share with me,
God wanted me now, He set me free.

-Kimberly C. Sinclair



Angel's Pennies

Author: Unknown

I found a penny today
Just laying on the ground.
But it's not just a penny
This little coin I've found.

Found pennies come from heaven
that's what my Grandpa told me.
He said Angels tossed them down
Oh, how I loved that story!

He said when an Angel misses you
They toss a penny down,
sometimes just to cheer you up
To make a smile out of your frown.

So don't pass by that penny
When you're feeling blue.
It may be a penny from heaven
That an Angel's tossed to you.



Death is nothing at all

I have only slipped away into the next room.
I am I, and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.
Call me by the old familiar name.
Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.
Put no difference in your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was.
There is absolute and unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you, for an interval.
Somewhere, very near, Just around the corner,
All is well.

                                     In Loving Memory of David

"I'll lend you, for a little while, a child of mine," He said.
"For you to love while he lives, and mourn when he is dead.

It may be six or seven years, or twenty -two of three,
But will you, till I call him back, take care of him for me?

He'll bring his charms to gladden you, and shall his stay be brief,
You'll have his lovely memories as solace for your grief.

I cannot promise he will stay, as all from Earth return,
But there are lessons taught down there I want this child to learn.

I've looked the whole world over in my search for teachers true,
And from the throngs that crowd life's lanes, I have selected you.

Now will you give him all your love - not think this labor vain,
Nor hate me when I come to call, to take him back again.

I fancied that I heard them say, 'Dear Lord, thy will be done.'
For all the joy this child shall bring, the risk of grief we'll run.

We'll shower him with tenderness and love him while we may,
And for the happiness we've known, forever grateful stay.

And should the angels call for him much sooner than we planned,
We'll brave the bitter grief that comes, and try to understand."

~Author unknown