Thank you for coming here to celebrate the life of George Albert Carranza. I hope that my words about my brother Albert (George) will alleviate some of my pain and grief. My brother was 9 years older than me, as I sit here and try and think of memories about him, all I can see is him with crazy big ear to ear smile , no doubt he had a very unique smile and obviously memorable. I keep seeing him smiling every time looking at me. Now don’t let that smile fool you, he had his little moods and boy was he stubborn, but then again, most of us siblings are stubborn also. But all in all, he liked feeling he was helping people. I have some good and some not so good memories of our childhood. We didn’t have the best childhood, but my mom always made sure we all ate and had our basic necessities, Albert would help care for us smaller siblings. He used to take me to school and as soon as I would open the door, he would turn up the volume super loud because he knew that would make me mad. But actually, it would embarrass me, I would look back to watch him leave, and there he would go, cracking up and his big ol’ smile. He loved to jog at the beach, he loved sunsets there, he was very active, he used to do bike marathons when he was younger. He loved to spend time with family, man was that one of his favorite things to do. He loved to travel, he wanted to visit the 7 wonders of the world, he didn’t get to all of them . And well, we didn’t always see eye to eye in a lot of things (as most siblings) nevertheless, he was my brother and I loved him, he will always have a special place in my heart. He touched so many lives and will be missed by many. Thank you for stopping by to honor him.