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Eulogy for Danny

Good afternoon friends and family, I’m Derek Vinyard and today we are gathered on this occasion to celebrate the life of my younger brother, Daniel Vinyard.

Danny...he was young, intelligent and in my eyes, he was always innocent and naive. I remember us playing basketball. Danny mainly watched. He was very observant. In his eyes, I was always right; the perfect representation of an older brother. He respected me and admired all my motives. I remember him as a child, running at the beach, half naked. If I had one memory to illustrate his naivety than this will be it. Him, running against the breezy wind, wet sand stuck between his bare toes. Towards the sea, that was rippled into different shades of blue; turquoise where

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