"Angels Are All Around Us"
My friend Bill lives here in Bloomfield. I met him a few years ago through another friend. Bill has done nice things for many people. He helps from his heart, never asking for anything.
A few months ago, Bill knocked at my apartment, carrying a hot, delicious chicken barbeque from the restaurant up the road from me. He couldn't eat it but wanted to give it to me, free. Wow, and I was really hungry too. I did have food in my refrigerator but I didn't feel like nuking it. Bill also takes fresh squash and tomatoes from his garden and gives them to everyone here.
The Scripture tells us to be aware that sometimes we entertain angels, unaware. I have, for sure, and believe Bill is one also.
- Richard Philipson Sr, Bloomfield. (Published in the Messenger Post, 2008)
A few months ago, Bill knocked at my apartment, carrying a hot, delicious chicken barbeque from the restaurant up the road from me. He couldn't eat it but wanted to give it to me, free. Wow, and I was really hungry too. I did have food in my refrigerator but I didn't feel like nuking it. Bill also takes fresh squash and tomatoes from his garden and gives them to everyone here.
The Scripture tells us to be aware that sometimes we entertain angels, unaware. I have, for sure, and believe Bill is one also.
- Richard Philipson Sr, Bloomfield. (Published in the Messenger Post, 2008)
Angels are all around us - Bill Barry's Story
On July 7, 2010, my father, Bill Barry, was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer, which has already metastasized to his liver.
It leaves him only with an expensive and grueling course of chemotherapy to extend his life. My father just turned 48 on August 1st. I want him to have so many birthdays to come. In the past year, we lost my beloved 21 year old brother. Now it's only my father, mother, and I, left to deal with more than we ever thought we'd face.
Bill Barry has been disabled since 1994. In that time, he has spent his time giving everything he could to help the people around him. Bill has been a proud man, putting money in cans, buying paper carnations from veterans, leaving out food for the boy scout food drive. He has always been the man to help someone in need, and has never asked for help.
He has Medicare, which will only pay for 80% of his medical costs, and nothing of his prescriptions. The remaining cost is much more than my mother can afford on her limited income. My father has never lost a battle, and I can't imagine him starting now, so we're looking to pay for a lot of chemotherapy treatments.
It is the people whose lives he has touched over the years that are reaching out to you now. It would be wonderful if he received just a fraction of the kindness that he's given to others, now, in his time of need. Our community has been improved for his being here, and would not be the same without him.
It leaves him only with an expensive and grueling course of chemotherapy to extend his life. My father just turned 48 on August 1st. I want him to have so many birthdays to come. In the past year, we lost my beloved 21 year old brother. Now it's only my father, mother, and I, left to deal with more than we ever thought we'd face.
Bill Barry has been disabled since 1994. In that time, he has spent his time giving everything he could to help the people around him. Bill has been a proud man, putting money in cans, buying paper carnations from veterans, leaving out food for the boy scout food drive. He has always been the man to help someone in need, and has never asked for help.
He has Medicare, which will only pay for 80% of his medical costs, and nothing of his prescriptions. The remaining cost is much more than my mother can afford on her limited income. My father has never lost a battle, and I can't imagine him starting now, so we're looking to pay for a lot of chemotherapy treatments.
It is the people whose lives he has touched over the years that are reaching out to you now. It would be wonderful if he received just a fraction of the kindness that he's given to others, now, in his time of need. Our community has been improved for his being here, and would not be the same without him.
