Memorial website in the memory of your loved one

This memorial website was designed by MOM,in  memory of our loved one, David Giraud, who was born in Michigan on May 19,1973 and 'Fell Asleep' on April 21,  2006 at the age of 32. We will remember and love him forever. At the 'Gathering Together' we will be united with our David, and for all of Eternity, we will be together!!    PRAISE GOD!!

 

   

 
 
David Allen Giraud, was born at Livonia's St. Mary Hospital, at 11:50 AM. He was a beautiful 9 pound 1/2 ounce...bouncing, healthy, babyboy...Our first born...and we were,  to say the very least...thrilled!!  That day: May 19, 1973....The very moment our eyes met..it was LOVE at first sight!! 
 
 
AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, DAVID WAS A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER AT AUTODESK, INC. ~ HE LOVED HIS JOB! HE LOVED WORKING WITH COMPUTERS, AND KNEW, FROM AN EARLY AGE, THAT THAT'S WHAT HE WANTED TO DO....
    
MY SWEET MELISSA (ADOPTED DAUGHTER) MADE THIS GRAPHIC, ABOVE, FROM SCRATCH....THANK YOU BABY-GIRL...WE LOVE YOU<3
 
  
  
 
 HE MAY BE OUT OF SIGHT, BUT HE WILL NEVER BE OUT OF MIND!!!
   
 
 THIS IS IN CELEBRATION OF DAVID'S LIFE, NOT HIS DEATH~HE WAS WITH US FOR 32 YEARS, AND AS MUCH AS WE MISS HIM, AND GREIVE THE FACT THAT HE IS GONE, WE KNOW THAT A DAY IS COMING, WHEN ALL OF US WILL BE TOGETHER FOR ALL OF ETERNITY :)
 
DAVID WAS A SELF-TAUGHT MUSICIAN, HE PLAYED GUITAR, HE SANG, HE PLAYED ELECTRIC DRUMS, AND HE RECORDED HIS MUSIC..WE HAVE 4 OF HIS ORIGINAL SONGS ON CD. IT'S SUCH A BLESSING, ALTHOUGH NOW, BITTER/SWEET...TO STILL HEAR HIS VOICE...IN SONG~
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BROTHERS...FOR EVER AND A DAY...
 
 
 
 
   
 
  

I THESSALONIANS 4:13-18
"BUT I WOULD NOT HAVE YOU TO BE IGNORANT, BRETHREN,
CONCERNING THEM WHICH ARE ASLEEP, THAT YE SORROW NOT, EVEN AS
OTHERS WHICH HAVE NO HOPE."

"FOR IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN, EVEN SO
THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM;"

"FOR THIS WE SAY UNTO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE LORD, THAT WE WHICH
ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD SHALL
NOT PRECEDE THEM WHICH ARE ASLEEP."

"FOR THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A
SHOUT, WITH THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL, AND WITH THE
TRUMP OF GOD; AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST:"

"THEN WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN SHALL BE CAUGHT UP
TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE AIR: AND SO SHALL WE EVER BE
WITH THE LORD."

"WHEREFORE COMFORT ONE ANOTHER WITH THESE WORDS."
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 DAVID, RELAXING AT HIS HOUSE...HE LOVED THAT HOUSE...AND...WE HAD A LOT OF FUN 'FAMILY' TIMES THERE...
 
 
  
 

 ~MISSING HIS SPECTACULAR SMILE~KNOWING THAT THE DAY IS COMING WHEN WE ALL WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN...A PLACE WHERE THERE IS NO MORE DEATH, OR TEARS, OR HEARTACHE....THERE WILL BE NO EVIL...SO THEREFORE IT WILL BE PERFECT HAPPINESS...FOR ALL OF ETERNITY!!! YAAAA 

    MOMMY, DADDY, AND DAVID ....IN THE OVEN..WE JUST COULDN''T WAIT FOR HIM TO COME.....

   ~MEMORIES LAST A LIFETIME~LOVE IS FOR ETERNITY~

 

A SMILE THAT JUST MELTED HEARTS!!! A HEART OF GOLD..NOT PERFECT, BUT MUCH LOVED, MUCH RESPECTED...HIS NAME...DAVID...

~LOVING HIM ALWAYS, FORGETTING HIM NEVER~

 

 

~DAVID LOVED PLAYING POKER, WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY ( HIS DAD AND BROTHERS) THIS WAS TAKEN AT DAVID'S HOUSE IN CLARKSTON~THERES THAT BEAUTIFUL SMILE~TREASURED MEMORIES~

 

   

DAVID HOLDING HIS NIECE, KARA, ....WHAT A NATURAL..HE WOULD HAVE MADE A VERY AWESOME DADDY......

  

   ~MemoriesMemoriesMemories~

 

  

DAVID AND HIS DAD...TAKING A NAP?? DAVID'S NOT HAVING IT...LOL

 ~LIVE-LAUGH-LOVE~

 

   

  

 DAVID WAS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON, INSIDE AND OUT. HE IS SO VERY MISSED BY HIS LOVING FAMILY: FATHER, ALLEN; MOM CATHY; BROTHERS, BRIAN, DUSTYN, AND KEVIN GIRAUD;  HIS SISTER-IN-LAW, JODI(MARRIED TO BRIAN) HIS SWEET LITTLE NIECE, KARA(BRIAN & JODI). OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN, BUT WE KNOW WE WILL SEE HIM AGAIN, ONE DAY!!

 

 ~WITH GOD~ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE~

 

  

"He meant so much to all of us 
He was special and thats no lie. 
He brightened up the darkest day
and the cloudiest sky.
His smile alone warmed hearts,
His laugh was like music to hear.
I would give absolutely anything
to have him well and standing near.
Not a second passes,
when he is not on our minds. 
His love we will never forget,
the hurt will ease in time.
Many tears I have cried,
they have poured out like rain.
I know that he is at peace now
and no longer in any pain"

..........Author Unknown

 

WHAT GOD HATH PROMISED

"GOD HATH NOT PROMISED
SKIES ALWAYS BLUE,
FLOWER-STREWN PATHWAYS
ALL OUR LIVES THROUGH;
GOD HATH NOT PROMISED SUN
WITHOUT RAIN,
JOY WITHOUT SORROW,
PEACE WITHOUT PAIN.
BUT GOD HATH PROMISED
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY,
REST FOR THE LABOR,
LIGHT FOR THE WAY,
GRACE FOR THE TRIALS,
HELP FROM ABOVE,
UNFAILING SYMPATHY,
UNDYING LOVE."

 

  DAVID LOVED THE DETROIT LIONS, A TRUE FAN, IT DIDN'T MATTER IF THEY WON OR LOST; DAVID NEVER GAVE UP ON THEM.

 

 ANOTHER PASION: HIS MUSIC~HE NOT ONLY WROTE HIS MUSIC, BUT HE PLAYED, GUITAR, DRUMS, AND SANG! WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE SOME OF HIS MUSIC ( THAT HE RECORDED AND PUT ON DISC ) TO LISTEN AND REMEMBER HIS BEAUTIFUL VOICE~*~

"Most of the battles of life
are won by looking beyond
the clouds to the sun.
And having patience
to wait for the day
when the sun comes out
and the clouds float away
One thing never changes,
It remains the same forever.
God truly loves His children
and He will forsake them never!"
~Helen Steiner Rice~

  

 

 

"Lord,
Open my eyes so I may see
and feel Your presence close to me.
Give me strength for my stumbling feet
as I battle the crowd on life's busy street.
And widen the vision of my unseeing eyes
so in passing faces I'll recognize
not just a stranger, unloved, and unknown,
but a friend with a heart
that is much like my own."
~Helen Steiner Rice~

  

 ~MEMORIES WE TREASURE AS WE TRAVEL THIS JOURNEY~THIS LIFE IS BUT A MOMENT CAMPARED TO ALL OF ETERNITY~

~FamilyFamilyFamily~

 ~FAMILY RULES~

 

WE'LL SEE HIM AGAIN ONE DAY, AND SPEND ALL OF ETERNITY TOGETHER

 

 Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatsover thy hand findeth to to, do it with thy might: for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

  

   

 

 

~DAVID HAS THREE YOUNGER BROTHERS; BRIAN, DUSTYN, AND KEVIN~THEY HAD THEIR UPS AND DOWNS IN LIFE, BUT, WHEN PUSH CAME TO SHOVE; THEY ALWAYS HAD EACH OTHERS BACK~

 ~THANK YOU, IRENE XAVIER, MOM OF CASSIA AND KAYLA~WE LOVE THIS: GOD BLESS YOU~

 ~DAVID LOVED TO SKATEBOARD, AND HE WAS VERY GOOD AT IT~

 

~GOD, LOVE &FAMILY ARE EVERYTHING~

 

DAVID WITH HIS COUSIN, ACTING SO SILLY WHAT A TREASURED MEMORY.

   *IF LOVE ALONE COULD HAVE SAVED YOU, YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER GONE AWAY

~WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE~

 

 

   ROMANS 8:18  "FOR I RECKON THAT THE SUFFERINGS OF THIS PRESENT TIME ARE NOT WORTHY TO BE COMPARED WITH THE GLORY WHICH SHALL BE REVEALED IN US."

  www.theway.org

 

THANK YOU MELISSA SCATTO~MOM OF, MICHEAL AND MECHEALAH OF LAST MEMORIES~WE LOVE YOU!!

 

Tributes and Condolences
Missing and thinking of you on your birthday....   / Kevin Giraud (Youngest brother )
    Happy birthday Dave. It seems like yesterday that we lost you, but yet, at the same time, it feels like an eternity!  I haven't been able to see you or talk to you, for so long.....You were the smartest and most talented ...  Continue >>
6 years....   / Barbara Caroline Scanlon's ~Nana~
Easter Blessings   / Pam Mom To Aaron Sellitto
Happy St. Patty's Day!   / Fam. Of Scott &. Samantha
Irish Prayer May God give you... For every storm, a rainbow, For every tear, a smile, For every care, a promise, And a blessing in each trial. For every problem life sends, A faithful friend to share, For every sigh, a sweet song, And an answer for...  Continue >>
Happy Valentine's Day!   / Fam. Of Scott &. Samantha
Thinking of YOU....  / Barbara Caroline Scanlon's ~Nana~     Read >>
~ The Giraud Family ~  / Melissa Scatto     Read >>
Happy Thanksgiving. God Bless!  / Fam. Of Scott &. Samantha     Read >>
Love is for all of Eternity  / Cathy Giraud (Mother)    Read >>
what a beautiful memory of david  / Sally Briggs (friend to davids mom )    Read >>
Thinking of You  / Regina Porter     Read >>
To cathy  / Nicole Hares     Read >>
Happy Halloween!  / Fam. Of Scott &. Samantha Myers     Read >>
Thoughts and Prayers are with you  / Kathy DeMichael-Blevins     Read >>
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His legacy
FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS, AND ON OUR MINDS~  
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David's Photo Album
MOMMY AND DADDY-SO HAPPY- DAVID STILL IN OVEN
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