Tammy, I don't know you and you don't know me, but I found your link from a friends blog. What an amazing family you have! As I read your journal from the beginning, it made my problems seem so much smaller. You are an amazing woman!! I am so sorry for your loss! I was really cheering you guys on! Reading your story was like reading a book and I just knew there was going to be a happy ending. And really, with the gospel, don't we know there WILL be a happy ending? You have so much to look forward to. Bryce seemed like a wonderful guy. You have so many people praying for you, people that know you and people that don't.

Good morning. It was so uplifting reading your journal - what a journey you and yours have made. A good friend's daughter is in the process of this journey also; her name is Tara - she's married to David and they have two young children - Sam and Emma. If you would ever want to read their journal, it's on caring bridge.org under davidfield. You have a beautiful daughter and constant reminder of yours and bryce's love. I pray for your continued strength and hope each day through your life will ease with the pain of Bryce's death. I know time has a way of softening pain. I don't know if I should mention this or if it's something you'd even be interested in but I've started keepng a journal of gratitude. I read about it in Reader's Digest - every evening I write down 3-4 things that I experienced throughout the day that I was grateful for ....believe me, 1-2 days it's been tough to find even 3 things! Then at bedtime, I concentrate on those things I've written down - I think it's had a positive effect on my attitude. Again, it was enriching to read about a wonderful family like yours and you'll be in my thoughts the following days. Take care, Lib Evans

We've been following your story and were so saddened by Bryce's passing. We, along with our friends and family, hold you in our thoughts and prayers.

Kimberly

Hi Tammy,

I am so impressed with your graciousness. You have been through so much, yet you continue to think of others. We are so proud of you and how bravely you and Bryce fought this fight. Although we can't begin to know how you feel right now, we are impressed with how you are handling things.

Bryce is so blessed to have you for a wife. Because of you, he has touched people throughout the world. He is loved by so many and has left a huge legacy. You wouldn't believe how many people we tell your story to, with the caution to wear lots of sunscreen or stay out of the sun.

When things slow down a bit, pull out your copy of the Spencer W. Kimball manual and read the lesson called, Tragedy or Destiny. It's a great lesson.

Take care of yourself and we'll see you at the viewing and funeral. We're bringing Grandpa and Grandma and Gerry.

With lots of love,
Aunt Karen and Uncle Greg

To my Favorite family-
Tammy, I got the call from the office on Thursday afternoon shortly after Bryce went home. My heart has been in several thousand little pieces since then. It is difficult to put these words down as I am forced to face a truth that we all hoped would not really come to pass. The love I feel for your family is just one of the millions of miracles that has come to pass in the past 102 days. My life has been richly blessed by your willingness to love, fight, share, smile, laugh, shed tears with strangers and allow us into your battle. I know that what the Bryce Brown Family has is a precious gift, one that will live on through the eternities. Thanks for showing others how to love, support and sustain so unconditionally. This war we are waging against cancer is a vicious one. We are fighting a monster that doesn't play fair. I will never doubt that it is powerful but the human spirit is SO much stronger. I know this to be true and watching Bryce on the battle front is just one more testament to this. He truly endured to the end and endured it well. His legacy will live on forever and you have touched more lives than you could imagine. There continues to be an army behind you, people who will keep you in their thoughts and prayers forever. You are loved beyond measure. I will plead with the Father to sustain you in the busy days ahead and especially in the quiet lonely hours that will surely come. Bryce is with you and prepares a beautiful place for his princesses. Thanks again for allowing us to love you, Bryce and Dani. I will look forward to sharing a hug with you and yours. With much love and sympathy.
kristin

Tammy,

Oh, I am just so heartbroken for you and your sweet baby girl, and yet so incredibly touched by your strength and courage. You guys gave it a good fight, "as Paul of old" and inspired so many. Rock on, love on, what a joyous reunion it will be when you meet again.

Know you are loved and prayed for.

All our love,

Faith and Chad Wallis

Tammy and Danika--

We send our love. Bryce has through these last months particularly shown such bravery and so have you. We visualize him now with his brother, Uncle Gary, Grandma and others and wish him happiness always. We pray for you now, earnestly eager that you will be blessed, comforted, and strengthened.

Tammy,
It was such an honor for me to know and take care of you and Bryce. You are such an amazing couple. I feel like I have learned so much and truly grown from your experience. Thank you for sharing so much of your lives so I could be uplifted. I was most impressed by Bryce's strong spirit! He never complained. Last week when I had to give him some Lasix he didn't want it, but instead of complaining he just joked about it. It was amazing how he made me feel better! I am so sorry for your loss. You and Dani are in my thoughts and prayers.

Tammy, We love you. Thank you so much for letting us share this with you. It is nice to know that we are never alone. See you soon. Love, Gerry and Bob and Family

Tammy,

I wanted to write and tell how truly sorry I am for your loss. I have tried to stay updated with the situation through the website and I have been very impressed by the way all of you have handled the last 100 days. I know there is no way I could possible know what you are going through, but I want you to know that our thoughts and prayers are of and for you and Dani. I happen to be preparing a talk at the moment and just after hearing the news I came across this quote from Joseph Smith, which I hope can be of some comfort.
"The only difference between the old and young dying is, one lives longer in heaven and eternal light and glory than the other, and is freed a little sooner from this miserable, wicked world. Notwithstanding all this glory, we for a moment lose sight of it, and mourn the loss, but we do not mourn as those without hope...It mattereth not whether we live long or short on the earth after we come to a knowledge of these principles of the gospel and obey them unto the end."

We love you guys and will be praying for you.

Rory and Raphelle

I have been following your family's blog for awhile now, and though you don't know me, you have touched my life forever. Your personal journey of love, fear, hope, and perserverance has challenged me to love more, fear less, and keep fighting. I live with a chronic medical condition that has no cure, and at times it's a fight to get out of bed. I've had feeding tubes, and I know the powerlessness felt when you realize your own body has limits you've never known before.

Your family will be forever blessed for what you have given to this community through your journey. This journey has only just begun as Bryce will continue to change and save lives forever.

Thank you for sharing your raw emotions, struggles, and faith. God is bigger than this, and He is carrying you through this.

God Bless,
Rachel

Dear Tammy and Dani,

Word can't express how our hearts ache for you, and for those Bryce left behind. You and your little family have touched and inspired us in so many ways. Bryce fought a valiant battle and was called home. He left this mortal existence a better place for having been here. Take comfort in the Lord and always stay close. Remember the words in D&C 88:84 "...there I will be also, for I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up." Bryce is one of those angels and will be there when you least expect it.

We send our love and prayers,
Larry, Marietta & Angela

My dear friend Tammy,
My heart is deeply sadden as you already know. I hate the miles that are between you and I because I just want to be there with you right now to pray with you and help you with whatever I can. I promise to continue to walk beside you and Dani and walk and walk and walk....just don't make me run okay???
I love you Tammy you already know that and I am so very grateful that the LORD brought you me and Bryce together and the only thing that I seem to find good with this horrble disease is the relationships that I find through it. I know that sounds silly but I look back on the people I have meet and how they all have effected me and how I have touched them and their families and how GOD has allowed me and them to do amazing things and if it wasn't for having this horrible cancer then I would not have meet all of them and you and Bryce. So I guess what I am trying to say is that out of some bad comes a little good.
I am with you my friend I love you with all my heart I ma here for you night and day!!!!
And for my friend Bryce Brown
May you rest in PEACE never to be forgotten I love and I will always miss you. I will continue this fight in your honor my friend. IN YOUR NAME AND IN YOUR HONOR!!!
Your Friend,
Christine Uporsky

Tammy,
Ilove you so much. I'm heading for the airport and will see you soon. I will truly miss that wonderful teddybear husband of yours. What a great companionship you are. May God bless and keep you tightly in His loving and tender arms.
Aunt Melanie

Tammy, again I just want to tell you how sorry I am for your loss, I really feel so blessed to have been able to care for Bryce and to be able to get to know you all, you are such an amazing person and so was Bryce and you guys touched my heart in so many ways. I think that you are one of the strongest women I have ever met and I pray for you to have the extra strength needed to get through this, and you will. I will never forget you and Bryce. Thank you for touching my life and may God be with you and Dani.
Love Wendy from LDS Hospital

My deepest sympathy to you on the loss of your beloved Bryce. I have been in Chicago with Brian for another ipilumimab treatment, and just arrived back in Missouri to my sister telling me I needed to check your blog. I am so saddened by your loss and know how hard he fought to be able to be with you and Dani. Brian says he will fight to the end because he always wants me and the kids to know how much he wanted to stay with us. I am sure from reading your posts from the first moment of his diagnosis, that Bryce felt the same way. He longed for a future with you also, and was no doubt devastated that this awful disease robbed your family of a long life together. What a blessing little Dani is, as always, but especially now when each special moment with her reminds you of Bryce and how much you loved each other. I wept as I read your post, as I fear that one day soon it will be me losing Brian. I hope you know you are inspirational in your dignity, hope and care of Bryce as you loved him to Heaven. I can only hope to be able to continue to take care of Brian in the same manner. This fight against melanoma will go on, and Bryce will forever be remembered as a true warrior. I am sure you are very proud of him, and you should be proud of yourself too, for you upheld your end of your commitment to Bryce when you married him; you stood by him during the worst moments, and he no doubt died feeling your love. I am so glad you were able to get those pictures taken recently. Please know that you will always be in my thoughts and prayers.

Peace,
Jenni Halley, wife of Brian (35 y/o), stage IV melanoma, Maryville, MO

Tammy and family,
I don't know what to write. I feel so sad. I checked the blog on Thursday morning and then now. I wish I would have checked it earlier. My heart is full of sorrow for the emptiness that you and your family are feeling. It is a blessing though that we have a knowledge of eternal life. That is what carries us through times like this.
Tammy,
I am so glad you had a hundred days to be with Bryce all the time. What a huge blessing. You two have done so much good in this life and that will continue. I know Bryce is up there doing amazing things right now. What an amazing person he is.
We will see you next week. Know that we are still praying for you and your family.
We love you.
Lance and Brenda

hey tammy... how are you? i feel so sad that he is gone and i want to let you know that if you need any help that you can always call me for anything you need. i love you... we all love you!!! i will pray that you can get throught this hard time in you life!
Love, Tina

Tammy,
I found you and your beautiful family's story through Jessi's blog. I have been keeping up on your posts the past few weeks and have felt such admiration for the courage and grace in which you and Bryce have faced this battle. I send heartfelt sympathy and a cyberhug from a stranger. Thank you for sharing such a personal experience, I have learned so much from you and Bryce. Your babygirl is beautiful and I like to believe that she is still in touch with the Angels...most importantly her daddy.

Tammy,

You continue to amaze me....you have such dignity and grace in this trying time... you have followed Christ's example in how you have approached your challenges in life and endured with beauty.

Your positive outlook on all of this as well as your positive outlook on others made you and Bryce a miraculous couple. Your sweet sensitivity to others is something you both share in common.

Always grateful even when the love of your life passed on to the heavens... it is a honor to call you a friend.

I hope to be a tenth of the person you are.
I'll see you Tuesday,
Barbara

Tammy-

There are few of us who can really understand what you are going through right now, but we all want to help you through it. Crisis, tragedy, and disaster really bring out a person's true colors. Will they be a fighter and act honorably, or will they fall apart and let the situation destroy them? You and Bryce came through this with flying colors. Dani did too... even though she might not understand that yet. You are true role models. I am honored to be your friend, and that I had the chance to get to know Bryce (through you and when you both came to our wedding). I am looking forward to seeing you next week and to meet Dani. Until then, you know how to reach me if you need anything... even if it is just a phone call at 2am to have someone listen or cry with you. My phone is always on.

-Dave

Hey Tam- We love you and are thinking of you. We will be there to support you Tuesday. Let us know if there is anything we can do to help you.

Tam-How are you? We love you so much you will be in our prayers.If you need any help you can always call us antyime.
love,
the Barnetts

Tammy,

I'm so sorry to hear about Bryce's passing. I know that you personally, have also gone through so much too. Tammy, you are a hero also. Bryce couldn't have gone this long without you. Dani will grow knowing her Daddy was a very special man. There will be alot of people to step forward to tell her many stories about her sweet Dad. I know that he is watching over you and her right now and I also know you will again see him. We love you, Tammy, and pray for your family's happiness through this difficult time.

Love,

Williams Family

Dear Tammy, Those of us who love you and Bryce and your family so much will never be the same after sharing your battle these last 100 days. You are an amazing, courageous, deeply thoughtful, caring woman and I am so proud to call you my friend. We mourn Bryce's passing with you. What an incredible man he was and is. It has been a blessing for all of us that know you to have you share your challenges, struggles and feelings about this horrible challenge that has come into your life. I cannot even imagine how you are feeling, but hope that through the strength of your family around you and your faith, you will heal. Life will probably never be the same again, but it will be good again. Please know that my thoughts and prayers are with you and Dani at this time. It was a pleasure to be able to tend Dani for a little while the other day. Having the three of them together (the twins and Dani) is a little hectic but a lot of fun , too. What a blast! Love ya. Karen

Tammy,

I just wanted you to know I was thinking about you, and hoping you're alright. I also wanted to let you know if you need to talk (any time of the night is fine), or a Nielsen's Custard Run, or a Dragon (with crunchy fish eggs on top), you just let me know!!!! You're the greatest person and I thought you should know I think the world of you. I hope you have a great night. Don't forget, call ANY time.

Katie Higbee

Tammy,

I wish I could be with you and your family Tuesday as you lay Bryce to rest. Even though there are many miles that separate us, please know that in my heart I am by your side. I will continue to walk with you as you journey though this time. Your family has become friends to us and your Aunt Rhonda has sent me so many wonderful messages. You have your family and God to lean on in the horrible time. Lean on them or anyone else you need to. You have lifted me up so many time when I have felt down and I hope that I have helped you and I hope I have helped you in a small way. You are a very special person and Bryce was just as special.

Love,
Suzan Hallam

Tammy,
I wish that words could describe how we feel at this time. We mourn with you, we cry with you, we honor Bryce with you, we feel that the world is a little bit glumier without him and we are so proud of the fight that you and Bryce have fought. It was one amazing battle! Even though your family was going through the worst of the worst, never once did we hear any words of sadness, self-pity, doubt or dispair. That in itself is so admirable. You did not shrink from what you were called to endure, but you rose up and fought with bravery and showed all of us that in times of trial you can be hopeful and show faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Tammy we love you! We will always be here for you as you have always been there for us. Thanks for being the light that we all look to!
Bryce-We love you and we know that even death cannot keep your intense love for your family from seeping down to encompass them when it is needed. Thank you for loving Tammy so truly and deeply and for bringing a beautiful daughter of God to this earth. What a great and beautiful legacy.
Sellers and Brown families-Thank you for raising two extraordinary children. We pray for your families and hope that you will feel of our love at this time.

your strength, faith and courage are absolutely inspiring. I am so sorry for your loss. you are in our prayers.

Tammy- I have never met you, but received your email and blog link while I was working at AlloSource in CO. I am so sorry to read your news. Please know that your family is in my prayers. Looking at the pictures of your family, I sense a great deal of love, and pray that God will continue to surround you with the loving support from family and friends.

I know we were at the same house tonight but I didn't get to talk to you much. I wanted to let you know that you can come stay at my house if things are a little crazy at Mom & Dad's, or if you just want a change of scenery. I'd love to sit up with you all night and watch Mary Poppins or just let you sleep in and I could watch Dani. Nic and I love you so much and we're just waiting for any chances you give us to lend you a hand...or a shoulder. Try and get some rest tonight. We'll see you tomorrow.
Love, Steff

Tammy-
Amber and I were just looking through some old photos and found pictures of the night we all played cards at my house. Gosh it must have been 3 or 4 years ago now. Good times.

I feel so much and yet have no sufficient way to express it. Watching you and Bryce has made me want to be better and not take it all for granted. When it comes down to it most of the things we worry about don't even matter. Family matters.

Thanks for sharing these experiences with us. You're our hero.

Derek and Amber

Dear Tammy, again I just wanted to tell you how very sorry I am. I can't imagine what you are going thru, I really don't think I could ever be anywhere close to how strong you have been if it were my husband! I know I couldnt, he is my rock and takes such loving care of me every day! I lost my brother, Gordon, just a few months ago you know, and that was too awful! It truly was my worst day ever!He too was a fighter and just like Bryce, he had a beautiful wife and a gorgeous daughter to give him the strength he had for as long as he had it!! He had a huge family and so many friends loving and praying for him too. I miss my big brother! I know death is an important part of our lives but my thought on it is the same as MY LIFES MOTTO on everything... Better LATER than sooner!!! (yes, I am a procrastinator and yes, I'm looking for a 12 step program.)
Anyway, I wanted to tell you that I hope that I can honor Bryce by attending his services and I so want to meet you! Like I said in my last post, I feel as I already know you so well. Thanks to my sweet sis-in-law, Sally Mc. and thru your own words that you have been sharing with so many these past few months. It is important for me to be there because you really have helped me more than you could ever know.I suffer with a few life altering medical conditions myself and it is so hard to get out of bed let alone out of the house! I just can't walk very far or stand for too long. Alot due to pain and swelling but now alot is because I've lost most of the muscle in my legs, etc... from lack of using them. (I've found it's hard to keep up that muscle tone lying in bed 24/7.)But please believe me, if there is any way I can be there, I'm there!! I do occasionally have a "good" day and I am praying for a good day! Please Lord! I am praying for you and Dani. I pray your strength gets you thru the next couple of days- then you can turn the table and find someone stronger than you (if such a being exists) and cry on their shoulder as long and as hard as you need to!! You are allowed, you don't have to be tough anymore. Just take care of yourself and of little Dani and thats ALL you have to do.
God bless you and your wonderful family and I do hope to see you soon. Love, Jenny in So. Ogden

I hope you don't mind that I read your husbands obituary and this blog. I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes and I don't even know your family. What a beautiful tribute you have done for your husband. He sounds and looks like he was such a wonderful man. My daughter who is 26 got married a year ago to a wonderful young man. One month after they were married he found a lump in his testicle and was diagnosed with testicular cancer. It had spread to his lymph nodes also. He had two surgeries which have now left him sterile. He then went through the tortures of chemotherapy. What a tough 6 months for them and I was so proud of how they handled it. Life just isn't fair is it? I always wonder if we will ever have an answer as to why these things happen to such young, vibrant people. You are in my thoughts and prayers at this time. Thank you for sharing your story.

Hello. We've never met, but I just felt I should tell you how loved you truly are. I recently lost a dear aunt of mine to colon cancer. She has 4 children ages 11-15, and is deeply missed. Each day has been difficult and a learning process, but our family has come so close to each other and to the Lord. I am really sorry for your loss, we mourn with you for all those with this terrible disease. Trust in the Lord and His great plan of happiness. "You are loved, Don't give up." - Josh Groban

Tammy and Dani, I am so sorry for all that you have had to go through and for your loss never forget the support and love that everyone has to offer you in your time. you are a wonderful mommy and the most wonderful wife that bryce could have ever had!!we will keep you in our thoughts and hearts always. please let me help with anything that you need I know that your family support is amazing but call on me for anything I am here to give my love and support. Dani you are a bright light in your daddys eyes and he will never leave you he is always there meet him in your dreams he will be there.I love both of you please call for anything.
Love you, Laurie