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I know you are not physically here but I feel you around me all the time. There are moments that things happen or I hear someone say something and your voice tings loudly in my ear. Today I am doing what you always said, "know your worth". I am learning today that my worth is not in money but in who I truly am as a human on this planet doing my work. Miss You Big Brother.
This is a message directly from Mother Patterson. I spoke with her a few moments ago knowing today would be a day full of emotions. She said this whole week leading up to today has been very emotional. But she was feeling better today and she wanted all of us to know that she is thinking of us as we too deal with our emotions around not having our Friend, Brother, Mentor, Confidant here with us. She said she wanted to Thank each of us for loving Byron so much and still loving and honoring his life each year on this anniversary. If you are able to reach out to her just so she feels the love as much as I do from her ALL THE TIME please do so. Love you all.
It's hard to believe three years have gone since you left us. I think of you often. I hear your voice sometimes wisely chastising me, and at others urging me on. I'm grateful for both! :) I miss you, Byron.
I didn't know Byron, but I feel like I did. I knew his mother, if only for a day and through her voice on the telephone. I know how much she loved him, and that she would do anything in the world to give him every opportunity to make it. Mrs. Patterson, I am sorry for your loss. I wish there was more that I could have done beyond helping him get back. I can see by his photos how much love he had and how many people cared for him. He was a truly radiant soul.
A truly wonderful person is missing from this world. There wasn't a time I saw Byron that he didn't have a smile on his face. He could light up a room with his giant heart and his infectious laugh. I got to share many great times with him. I will always think of him fondly and the mark he left on this world will never fade. Much love, my friend.
Byron was a true original. Highly intelligent, high integrity, honest and fabulously funny. He had the best way of telling a story and taking over a room. I just can't believe he has moved on from us. Byron I will miss you so. xoxo
For a dear friend and mentor in my life. I will miss you forever. Our spirits will meet again on the other side I know. Thank you, Byron Patterson, for a wonderful friendship, for being a mentor, for being someone who always told me the way it was and for saving my life. I love you. John
Byron Patterson: A very special person, a good man, and friend to many taken from us all to soon.. It was such a pleasure to meet you thru John after all that I had heard. You helped him tremendously in many, many ways and I am forever grateful. He is a better man for knowing you. Rest in peace, dear Byron.
I am still in shock...yet quietly grateful we had a moment to connect a month ago. Byron, your spirit, sense of humor and kindness go beyond words. You lit up my life the first weekend we met in FL in 2007. With very summer weekend we shared thereon my respect and fondness for you deepened. You are fondly remembered. Thank you for your love and friendship.
Dear Mr. McBride, It is aparent that what you shared with your brother was something special. It makes the loss more deeply felt. Losing my brother has made me grateful for the pleasant memories that help float sorrow out of my heart. I appreciate the promise from the bible to bring our loved ones back to life! (John 5:28,29) My deepest sympathy.
I miss you more than I can say, or ever even knew would be possible. I am so blessed to have had you in my life. I am a better man for having known you. You helped me to stand proudly in the fullness of who I am in this world. I honor you. I miss you. I will always love you.
I know you are not physically here but I feel you around me all the time. There are moments that things happen or I hear someone say something and your voice tings loudly in my ear. Today I am doing what you always said, "know your worth". I am learning today that my worth is not in money but in who I truly am as a human on this planet doing my work. Miss You Big Brother.
This is a message directly from Mother Patterson. I spoke with her a few moments ago knowing today would be a day full of emotions. She said this whole week leading up to today has been very emotional. But she was feeling better today and she wanted all of us to know that she is thinking of us as we too deal with our emotions around not having our Friend, Brother, Mentor, Confidant here with us. She said she wanted to Thank each of us for loving Byron so much and still loving and honoring his life each year on this anniversary. If you are able to reach out to her just so she feels the love as much as I do from her ALL THE TIME please do so. Love you all.
For my birthday/Christmas present three years ago Byron surprised me with a trip on a cruise to Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas. It was the most fun I had ever had on a vacation and he introduced me to some of the kindness people that he had know and met years before on his previous trips. Everyday we spent time chatting, laughing, enjoying ourselves on the high seas. We were relaxed and just free of all worry and concerns back home. We ate dinner every night with a different group of people and ended up making long lasting friends with many. I remember on the ride home after the cruise was over him asking me how I enjoyed the cruise. I stated that it was amazing to me that so many were interested in getting to know me. He made fun of the fact that by Day 3 of the cruise we could not walk across the ship without people calling my name or asking Bryon where I was if they saw him but did not see me. I stated yeah that was weird and I was not used to that. He simply said, " That's because you don't know your self worth". He said, "for too long you have walked through life not knowing your value and what others really see in you." He said, " just like myself, we are not friends because of what I give you, we are friends because of what you give me and how you show the world how to live with kindness, grace, and unconditional love." I cried in the car hearing those words because no one had ever valued me as such to speak those words. I truly hope that he knows what he did for this little boy who grew up poor and was always looking for acceptance. There will never be another in my life like Bryon Patterson. And I am very grateful for the time that he chose to include me in his life. I will never be the same.