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30 Days To Live: Larry’s Story
If you have not had an opportunity to watch the second week of our current series, 30 Days To Live, I at least want to share a part of it with you.
Larry Damerval was diagnosed with ALS in 2005. He went from a very normal and healthy life, to being essentially a quadriplegic today without the ability to take care of himself. He is not currently expected to have much more time here on Earth.
I just had the team put this video segment on YouTube. I wanted you and others to have an opportunity to watch this brief, but powerful message about what he values at this point in his life.
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Bobby, Thanks for linking to this. I don’t have the words to express how Larry’s story has impacted me.
That video was so powerful and so necessary to remind us of how brief our time on Earth is. Thanks Larry for your vulnerability and love!
His story puts life in perspective. Don’t watch without a kleenex!
Bobby thank you so much for letting the world see this video. I’m here in Australia and I can assure you that Larry’s story has affected me over here as well.
Larry, thanks for your courage and faith.
[...] This entry about Larry is amazing. Watch the YouTube clip. It’s a good reminder, especially for us men. Life is short, don’t spend it at work and at sporting events. [...]
i enjoyed this more than week one but that is probably a man thing.
we discussed in our lg that a different take on this issue would have been the spouses and what this has done for them and their communion with god. what is changing or has changed in them…we called the series left behind.
Saw this on the facebook church last saturday. VERY moving story. I loved it! Larry really spoke into my life
I’ve seen both videos now. I’d like to convey my sincere gratitude to the wonderful people who agreed to bear their hearts and hurts to the world, and to let them know that their testimony has affected my life and how I’m living it. I’ve spend the last week AS IF, I’ve only got 30 days to live while being grateful that I likely have more. Thank you for this series.
No words can describe how I feel after watching that. Its amazing to see the joy he still finds in Jesus shine through his tears.
I have known Larry for about 30 years or so. He was one of my best friends in school. He is one of my best friends. He will always be one of my best friends.
I love you Larry.
this story about my dad is a great insperation to every one who watches it i have had people at school who know what i was going through come up to me and tell me how hard life must be now
i will always love u dad
Jason, I am praying for you and your family this morning. You are all loved! Thank you for sharing your dad with us all.
My Uncle.:)
Someone i didnt have that much time getting to kno.
but someone who has made if not the biggest impact in my life. then close to it!
my mothers brother.
i cant go thro one day w/out being reminded he is not on this earth.
because of his son jason who lives w/ Me & My family.
i love jason very much.
i may not show it all the time.
ok ok. i hardley ever show it.
because we fight constantly.
& are both very hard-headed & not willing to bend 2eachother.
but in the end. im not happy he lives w/ me.
but its somtihng i have 2deal w/.
within hours of eachother. my uncle larry & my brother-in-law ryan. died. it was possiably one of the hardest weekend in my life!
i have lost 3friends. an uncle & a brother in 2007.
all i can say.
is that i CAN wait untill my time comes.
i hope it doesnt come soon because i still have SO MUCH of my life to live.
finish high school.
college.
my career.
husband.
children.
but when that day does come.
the day when god decides its my time to come home.
MY REAL HOME!
then i will be so happy to re-unite w/ so many of my friends & family
i have gone so long w/out.
“DEATH iSNT SOMETHiNG YOU GET OVER. OR 4GET ABOUT.
iTS SOMTHiNG YOU LEARN TO DEAL W/”
-Stace Leoni.
My amazing & Strong Mother.
My Hero & my inspiration to get me out of bed in the morning. The person i love to peices.
the mother who is the toughest in the bunch.
MY MAMA:)
i LOVE YOU UNCLE LARRY!
i MiSS YOU & HOPE YOU & RYAN ARE LOOKiNG AFTER ALL OF US.
you have forever changed so many lives.
your sons. my mother. my father. you daughters. your parents.
your neices & nephews.
so many people. not willing to pick up their lives & move on in your memory & even reilizing thats what you would of wanted.
the hardest thing for me to let go.
is that you wont be there to walk ellie & abby down the isle on their big day.
just saying it.
here @school in the library.
brings tears to my eyes.
because i pray to god.
“please just let my dad be there for my day. & my sisters…please god. i dont kno how i could ever have a happy joyfilled day w/o my father there to give me away”
i hope he hears my words.
& i hope you hear mine now.
i MiSS YOU!
i LOVE YOU!
i hope your proud of your son.
hes made mistakes. sure.
everybody does.
but hes learning.
& life just got tipped upside down on him.
but its slowly changing & i dont think he knos whats normal.
because nothing will ever be normal 4 him. my mother. your mother. nobody can just pick up where they left off when you where still alive.
because your not.
my mothter says it almost everyday.
“its not somthing you can just pget over. its somtihng you learn to live w/.”
To all who have heard Larry’s video - and those of us who knew and loved him so well!
Larry was a very neat kid… a bit of a procrastinator, but thoughtful and caring; not particularly competitive, but always ‘there’ for the others. He inspires me, as do my other kids and my ‘grands’. I was indeed blessed to be his mother and I do miss him terribly. His video is so comforting, as are all the family he has left behind. We all know where he is and are blessed by that knowledge. I am so grateful he is running free!
thank you for all the support everyone who has seen this vedio has given to my family and me. Every time I watch this vedio I can’t help but think My Dad is now in a better place. Thaniks again to everyone who supported us and help us through the tough couple of years.
Abby was one of my dearest and closest friends until she moved to Oklahoma. I cant help but to cry every time i see this video and remember him taking me and Abby to the pool and helping us make tents in her room. They are coming down to visit tomorrow and I can’t wait to see the whole family. May God bless him and his family!
hi jason. i’m a pastor from manila philippines. i will be sharing the story of your dad here in our church this afternoon. i watched this and i can’t help but thank God for the testimony he shared. i know it’s been a year and a half since he’s been with the LORD but the impact of your dad’s story has been phenomenal… worldwide… thanks…
I went to High School with hi.
Sorry to hear this news.