Hannah Garman, 2004-2009, R.I.P.
Just wanted to take a pause from politics and policy and world affairs to let you all know that 5-year-old Hannah Garman has died.
Hannah was diagnosed with a rare, incurable brain tumor in October 2008. Hannah’s mother died of cancer three years ago. Many of you joined last December in sending prayers and well wishes to Hannah, who wished for Christmas cards from across the country. She touched so many of us. Her too-brief life reminds us how precious all life is. Her father’s love reminds us how precious all our children are.
Darin Garman’s message at Hannah’s CaringBridge page:
Tonight at 5:45 Hannah went home to be with Jesus. She was surrounded by family & passed peacefully. Right now I’m pretty exhausted. It’s been a long day. Please pray for the family & me over this tough time.
Darin
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That sucks. Life is cruel, I hope the family finds some measure of peace.
I just lost my Dad to cancer during Thanksgiving. It is a long, exhausting road for the entire family. It will take a long time for the shock to wear off, even when one is ‘prepared’.
I feel for the family.
Please God, put your loving Arms around tiny Hannah. She is with You, whole and without pain. Please comfort her family as they deal with her passing.
Amen,
L
Prayers of comfort and healing for her family…
When compared to her courage,we’re all helpless little waifs.
G’bye Hannah.
Home now with her Mom. What an angel.
This kind of news just stops one in their tracks. How precious life is – our family and friends.
Prayers…
I hope that it is a very long, long time until the family is united with Hannah.
I believe that Hannah is happier than any of us now. She is safe with God. If we really knew just how happy and fortunate she is, we would not want her to be back in the sad and messed up world we live in. I hope her father can find some comfort.
Go to God, little one!
There is no doubt the family has a measure of peace – see:
They were given a blessing of love immeasurable to care for over a brief period of time before her final destination – into the arms of the Creator. Of course, if you do not believe in the Creator, I can see how this would make one feel there is little hope and the despair of life sucking mentality. Having just witnessed a life being born into the world, if I only had this week with my grandson I would still count myself a man blessed beyond what I deserve.
I look at that photo and I see love. Love of a father and his child and the love of a child being returned. I will bet a million dollars that dad would never give up those times. Oh, he has peace. He also has pain. Love and time will heal the pain. Time will NEVER destroy what he shared even in that brief moment captured so wonderfully in that photo.
Life is a gift. Some have long life. Some never get to take a breath – a real “life sucks” moment.
I will go hold my new grandson tighter today and tell him how much I love him and how wonderful his life is and will be until he reaches his final destination.
To the Garmans:
You are blessed.
Soap
Very sad.
God be with her, her mother and watch over her father.
Why was this innocent taken? Why was she not allowed to enjoy a full life? I hate stories like this, because it just reminds me of all the answers that I don’t have about God, who, I believe in, but just don’t understand.
RIP little angel.
Prayers for the Garman family.
I don’t know of anything that compares to the grief experienced at the loss of a child. My heart and prayers go out to this family.
I’m going home tonight, hug my kids for an extra long time and tell them I love them.
Prayers.
Losing a child is one of the most painful things I can think of.
The sweet baby is with her Mommy in Heaven.
Maybe her life was taken because she was innocent. We just have to remember that our time on Earth is only temporary but our time in Heaven is for eternity. The little girl is with her Mom and in Heaven. Obviously God has a plan for all of us and maybe this child’s life would have lead her down a path where she would have turned away from God and for some reason he wasn’t willing to let Free Will take over. God wanted that child. I have no idea, but that’s what I tell myself when I hear of situations like this.
Prayers for the father because I have no idea how he’ll cope after losing his wife and now his daughter. I just can’t imagine the pain. I don’t want to.
My hope is that when it is my time, that all the unknown answers to these questions are revealed to me.
The real tragedy would have been to never have had the chance to love her. Since we are all given one day, define a full life.
My wife, Bev, held a baby for 24 hours straight fighting for his little life. He died right in her arms. Bev was the only love the child ever knew in 8 days of life. It hurt her deeply but she was able to give that baby love. She is over the pain; the love is still there when she talks about him. What a gift she received. I just know they will be reunited again and she will be his mommy. The next time there will be no tears, pain or death.
His life was 8 days and it changed lives forever.
On-my-soap-box:
Are you seriously going to turn my comment into a way to proselytize to me?
Seriously… F you. That’s just so wrong.
Believer or not, losing a child is a horrible thing. It does suck and that’s a fact.
I can’t even make a genuine comment about concern without getting my atheism thrown in my face?
My genuine heartfelt concern goes out to the family. I think I’ll go make a donation to their website right now. Maybe we all should, no matter where we think we go after death.
Nope. I would NEVER dream of it. I know where you stand and I am fine with it. Life does not suck. I just felt bad for you after reading that. That is all.
Peace!
On-my-soap-box:
Stop feeling bad for me. I neither desire nor need your concern. My family is fine and so am I, thank you very much.
On the other hand, this family could probably use some help.
(sigh) A child has passed, please, can we not spare a moment for quiet contemplation?
They say the good die young, if that’s so, she must have been an earth angel.
She and her mommy are dancing with Jesus.
Great idea, Zeroangel, about helping this grieving family and I am with you on letting them know somebody cares. Nobody’s proselytizing to you – just expressing their sadness over the loss of this beautiful child.
Hannah – gone to God.
God bless and keep Hannah and hold her in His loving arms. She is safe. And everything will be o.k.
God bless the child’s soul, and the family.
Yep, that’s right…GOD bless the child’s soul….
My thoughts and prayers go out to the Garmans. I hope that Hannah is at peace after suffering from a long illness. I can’t even imagine what her father is going through.
In some ways I envy Mr. Garman. He must have packed so much into such a short amount of time. He made every day, every hour, every minute count with his little girl. It must have been paramount that he do as much as he possibly could for Hannah after losing his wife.
In other ways, I feel for Mr. Garman. That he no longer has his little girl (or his wife) in his life. The grief must be so overpowering at times.
I felt such grief myself. When my cousin died in a car accident at age 18 it seemed so senseless. My husband recently lost his Aunt to stomach cancer a couple months ago and we still miss her.
The grief and the loss are the hardest things to conquer. However, the memories of those we lost stay with us always.
Peace be with Mr. Garman and his family.
Beat me to it, RC. My sentiments as well.
“You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be and whatever your labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.”
From Desiderata…
A poem of peace – truth – spirit – life
How to live at peace with God and your soul in this world.
Go here.
Unfortunately, no paypal. Some of you might find the mail-in form more suited to your needs.
There doesn’t seem to be a way to send directly to the family, but this organization aids families like this one.
ZA, believers cannot help but feel sorry for unbelievers; because of the joy we find in the Lord Jesus! It’s not a choice for us.
Welcome to Heaven, little Hannah. Your Mommy has been waiting for you.
God, please send Darin Garman comfort and strength.
After all, You Yourself know how it is to lose a Child.
It’s bad enough that he lost his daughter but to lose his wife also!
This man needs prayer more than anything else – does he have other children to help him overcome the despair he must be feeling?
Eternal rest grant unto her O Lord and may perpetual light shine upon her. May she rest in peace. Amen.
DagneyT:
You should at least be able to keep it to yourselves in a thread about a child having died. Nothing I said in the first comment warranted anyone bringing up my lack of belief. Furthermore, I didn’t attack any of the well-wishes and offers of prayers.
Now can we drop it and all go donate some money?
DagneyT:
…and when I say, “keep it to yourselves” I mean your pity for me, not your prayers. I don’t need the pity / prayers / or donations. These folks do.
Thoughts and prayers go out to the family in their time of sorrow.
Psalm 139:1-16 – We many not know or understand it now, but Hannah’s life was exactly the length God intended it to be. While we find difficulty in accepting the brevity of it for her sake, we may soon appreciate that it was long enough to impact so many more.
sbw999 – God cannot be explained in earthly terms, but I believe that he will reveal himself to us when we all reach his side.
Zero, with all due respect, you need to get over yourself. You think everyone is out to “save” you. It was just a comment. That’s all. It isn’t always about you every time a comment is made about God and those who don’t believe. It really isn’t. Enough said…it is done.
happyscrapper:
Dont be ridiculous, the comment was clearly intended for me. Soap quoted me. DagneyT addressed me, and you are addressing me now.
None of the other comments WRT god in this thread bother me in the slightest. In fact I think they are kind and appropriate ways of expressing concern for some people in a time like this.
I don’t have the words.
ECS
Prayers for the family.
Psalm 121. My all time favorite Psalm and comforting for any and all trials.
Back in the arms of her Loving Lord Jesus! May we all live by His mercy to do the same some day. Prayers of course for her family.
Zero,
Dude. Not sure why you brought your family into it but here you go. The very reason I brought up the whole “life sucks” thing is, I believe, telling to say the least. To put it bluntly, I hope the day never comes that you were to depart and your family had to seek solace from someone who offers up “life sucks”. You do not want me to care about you and yours? Okay – done. I was just making a point that life does not suck and this father does not need that sentiment. I am truly sorry it struck a nerve and am sorrier you couldn’t care less.
Again I say,
Peace.
THE EIGHT BEATITUDES OF JESUS
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they who mourn,
for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they shall be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure of heart,
for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called children of God.
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
God Bless the family. What a brave little girl she appeared to be.
Soap:
Liar. I said “Life is cruel” not “life sucks.”
I also encouraged donations and offered my genuine heartfelt concern.
I mentioned my family only to drive home the point that I am currently not the one in need of concern.
Let’s face it; your real issue is not that my sentiment of “life is cruel” wasn’t consoling enough. If that were the case, you could have just said that and left out any reference to my lack of beliefs.
In the future I’ll remember to not make any gestures of support for anyone, because apparently, my comments are not welcome.
To be completely blunt, if I ever depart I should hope no one uses a memorial post about me to lecture another poster about an appropriate method of offering consolation.
Excuse me for not being as articulate as you when expressing my genuine concern I feel for a person losing their child.
Little Hannah, now well and happy, is with her mama in the presence of our loving God.
May the Lord grant strength, comfort, and peace to Hannah’s daddy and the rest of her family. Amen.
Okay – sorry again I misquoted. So Liar and F you – I got it.
Peace
Soap:
You need to do some “soul-searching” and seriously ask yourself if anyone other than me had made comment #1 would you have responded the way you did.
I might be a d|ck for refusing to let you be so incredibly rude to me and not dropping it and I’ll accept that; however, I am not going to let anyone abuse me and try and claim I am not being consoling enough to someone that lost a child.
Touchy touchy! Again, Zero, this wasn’t all about you. I know I don’t have to answer for Soap, and I’m not. I am answering for myself. You just don’t know when to quit. Other than that, you seem like a nice enough chap. Just give it a rest, O.K?
happyscrapper:
Soap made it about me and you know it. As I said, if anyone other than me had made post #1 this conversation wouldn’t even have happened.
The instant you can recongnize that is the point I will “give it a rest.”
Pot…kettle.
It’s amazing to me that you aren’t lamblasting Soap.if I would have said the following:
There would have been hell to pay.
Zero…I’m done. On to more important things. Ta-ta.
Have a nice day. Important things here:
Web Form.
Mail-in Form.
Yes. Your comments of support are indeed welcome.
Jet:
Thank you. If you are still following the other thread, perhaps we can trade more movie suggestions. Take care.
I’ll go look.
So sad and yet she is now at peace with God. It was with such joy that I sent my card and I thank you Michelle for taking that break from politics and the nasty side of life to every once in awhile pop up with something that touches ones heart!
Darin, your pain might be the worst it’s been right now. Take solace in that Hannah’s pain is gone forever and that you cherished her while she was here. Your life is and will be different now. Give yourself the time to grieve, but it’s important to allow yourself to be happy again. Never forget to look ahead. Time really does heal. But you knew all that, of course. May your family, your friends, and your faith provide you with the support and guidance you need.
Just some (unoriginal) thoughts from one stranger to another.
I can’t begin to imagine the impact a loss like this is to a parent.
May God be with her father & may she rest in peace.
She in heaven with her mom playing and having fun. May god bless the family.
In paradisum deducant te Angeli;
in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres,
et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem.
Chorus Angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro
quondam paupere aeternam habeas requiem.
(May the angels lead you into paradise,
may the martyrs receive you
in your coming,
and may they guide you
into the holy city, Jerusalem.
May the chorus of angels receive you
and with Lazarus once poor
may you have eternal rest.)
Requiescat in Pace, little one…
I always say that the passing of one so young makes us all re-examine our priorities in life. Soap posts that he’ll hug his grandchildren tighter tonight and that is the whole point. If there is any sense to be made from this and other similar tragedies it is that it makes us here on earth to pause a little and appreciate what is most important to us. That is Hannah’s legacy, she has enabled us to hug our children and grandchildren tighter and appreciate all we have. She is probably smiling at those of us who get it down here on earth. God bless little Hannah, and thank you.
Peace be with her family. Even knowing that there’s something better awaiting us does not take away the hurt of losing a loved one – especially such a young child.
In paradisum deducant te Angeli;
in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres,
et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem.
Chorus Angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro
quondam paupere aeternam habeas requiem.
(May the angels lead you into paradise,
may the martyrs receive you
in your coming,
and may they guide you
into the holy city, Jerusalem.
May the chorus of angels receive you
and with Lazarus once poor
may you have eternal rest.)
Me, too. Thanks, Michelle, for your post back in December. Good reminder to do things for others “while we still can.”
Michelle: Thank you, also, for sharing this touching and beautiful example of pure love between father and child, and thanks for the opportunity to love Hannah, too.
May she rest in the arms of God.
*Thanks Michelle for the update; No more words, just tears; I shall lift Hannah and her family up in my thoughts and prayers; May peace be with them!