I haven't written for a while, because I've been bound up in a life drama of my big brother battling for his life. He lost the battle to colon cancer June 23, 2006 but I do believe he is in Heaven now pain free. I will miss him and do miss him very much.
I'm not sure what to say about this man who had the room across the hall from me in our house growing up. He was second oldest of five and I am the youngest. He was a man that I only had begun to know now that we were grown up. He is the guy who knew how to push my buttons to tease me and loved to get me all stirred up. He was in medicine and said he didn't understand my artistic nature, yet he loved music and taught himself guitar. He had a little girl with his wife five years ago and has always urged me to have a child with my husband. He was so proud that I had a little boy last year. He worried and fussed over all his siblings and when our Mom died he took her place in a way that we all complained about, but secretly loved, because his fusses showed us how much he cared.
He was a great brother, husband, and father. I miss you Dr. Tummy Tom. Give Mom a kiss for me.
Relatives and friends are welcome to send flowers or make contributions on-line to cancer research in honor of Thomas S. Walton, M.D. to www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp?promogaw or call 1-800-ACS-2345.
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I met Thomas while attending school at Devry University in 2001.
he became my bestfriend immediately. I often told Tom that he was the smartest man that I had ever known. In his modest tone he would respond "I don't know about that, there are lots of people smarter than me." I wish I could tell him that I haven't been fortunate enough to meet them yet. Although I was only 21 when we meet I learned to appreciate Tom for his love of people and his outgoing nature. Tom told me right before he died that I didn't live up to my full potential. This has beome my new mission. I miss him and love him very much he has deminished any fear that I had of death if someone as wonderful as him can take that journey, then we all can. I love you and eternally you will again be my bestfriend and confidant.
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