1/2 & 1/2- Denny & Danny

 Danny and Denny 1956



This year I have lost a whole brother......Dennis Jay Harshman and Daniel Lee Bibby...the two of them equaled a whole to me.
   Let me explain this theory; my older brother Dennis was adopted by my father when he married my mother, so he was technically my 1/2 brother.  I just never saw him as that.  My father's mother always would tell me "Dennis is ONLY your 1/2 brother", and I would ask her what half?

Daniel was my uncle, my father's youngest brother, by 18 years.

Now the interesting thing is, Denny was born Oct 4 and Danny Oct 6, 1945 so they were only two days apart in age.  And the first thing they did when they met was bond as best friends.

Danny and Denny 1948......New best buddies

Two really cute guys....

So when I came along, I already had two of them.......so I thought my grandmother meant that Denny was a half and Danny a half, so the two of them made a whole, they were inseparable .....

Okay, now remember I was 4 years younger and did not understand adult thinking.

So it is with great sadness that 2012 has turned out to be the year I lost both halves....Jan. 12 for Denny and April 20 for Danny.  It seems so ironic that they would die so close together, I guess Heaven is looking for some fun, because the two of them always had a way of making fun.

Even though due to circumstances beyond their control, they lost the contact they had as young boys they both thought fondly of each other.  They became husbands, fathers and grandfathers to some wonderful people.  I feel sorrow for Carolyn and Karen for the loss of their husbands and for Marlene, Michelle, Sandi, Tom, and Suzzi for the loss of their dads and for all the grandchildren.

 So my hope is that the two of them will be together to make things witty up there....and it will cause beautiful rainbows and sunlight to  come down to Earth to bathe all of their family and friends...... I will forever love my "WHOLE" brothers....