🇺🇸Some Gave All 🇺🇸Lcpl. Branden Paul Ramey
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A time of remembrance. It was November 8, 2004 10 years ago that our family lost our Hero. Branden was a Hero & Advocate of the underdog. He was prom king, homecoming king, voted "Dream Date" his senior year. He played HS football & Semi-Pro football. If you were the chubby girl with no friends or the nerd in the back of the room Branden called you friend and made you feel special. He served his country with pride.
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furflies
My daughter wrote this:
Hello God? I know you can hear me and I'm sorry it's been so long. But God I just have some questions because I don't know how much longer I can be strong. But God, if you'd just answer my questions I'm sure things would be alright, because God I have to tell you, it's nearly impossible to sleep through the night. It seems like only yesterday I was talking to you about keeping him safe and God I still remember that feeling of reassurance and how it felt like a deep embrace. But God things are I different now and I'm not sure if I can move on, but God if You'll hold my hand tonight I'm sure you'll help me along. So God, here are my questions and I have to trust that You'll give me peace. So here I go God, please stop me if they get too deep.
Why did he love his country so much he was willing to give his life? (Because my dear, that's the heart I have him, he detested a heart of strife)
Why was it him that fateful day and not some other man? (Because my dear, I know he can guard my gates better than anyone else can)
Why did he choose to go when so many others ran away? (Because my dear, he was an honorable man, one who's strength was shown each and every day)
Why did you allow him to leave and not send him back to us? (Because my dear, his Spirit was ready, but I know right now that doesn't seen just)
God what am u suppose to tell my family as we sit here and cry? (Tell them the truth my dear, your cousins Spirit will never die. Now before we go any further, let me put an end to all your questions "why?" You see my darling I'm holding him right now, and trust Me when I tell you, your answers will be revealed to you somehow. Tell your family that you've talked to Me, and that your cousin is alright, tell them not to worry because he'll never face another lonely night. And although I know this will not allow your pain to cease, please know that he's not hurting, he's not fearful, he has eternal peace. Tell them My Spirit will soothe them if they allow me in, tell them not to be angry because Branden's love can be found within. And if they still have questions, directly to Me they need to run, tell them my compassion is great, because I too lost my Son.
Nov 09Reply

furflies
@militaryangel hey hun thought you might like to read this. My daughter wrote it after Branden was killed.
Nov 09Reply

militaryangel
Wow...teary eyed...
Nov 09Reply

furflies
@militaryangel Jocelyn read it at his memorial. It was gut wrenching. Her am Branden were close and about a year and.a half apart.
Nov 09Reply

lanirichmond
@furflies wow I read what she wrote and it was amazing! Our GOD is awesome amazing Paula 💟💟💟💟💟💟
Nov 10Reply

furflies
@lanirichmond Yes He is. She wasn't sleeping and she's always had a close relationship with God and it was about 2:00 a.m. when was praying and He gave her answers. She's a special daughter for sure.
Nov 10Reply

lanirichmond
😊👍🌹
Nov 10Reply

marly911
This is sad and beautiful at the same time. God bless you and the entire family. I will share this on this day of rememberance.
Nov 11Reply

furflies
@marly911 Thanks hun. He was truly a special man and Veterans Day took on a whole new meaning for our family only 9 short years ago. He had only been there for 7 short weeks and our world completely changed. I have so much respect for those who've served both past and present. I pray for them and their families and for God to keep them safe. 👼👼🙏🙏👼👼
Nov 11Reply

marly911
@frantastic2010 Sad but beautiful. Let's share in memory off all our veterans who are here and who are gone too soon.
Nov 11Reply

marly911
@furflies By the way, a very handsome young man.
Nov 11Reply

amy_mt23
@furflies 😭😭😭😭😭
Nov 13Reply

furflies
@amy_mt23 thanks hun. 😔
Nov 13Reply

donna0219
There are no words for how special and meaningful these words really are...what a beautiful writing for a handsome man. From my family to yours we thank him for his service and the service of the men and women before and in the future.
Nov 15Reply

furflies
@donna0219 Thanks hun 😢 He truly was a special man. In fact he wasn't scheduled for patrol that night. He had taken a friends place who needed a break. His Humvee hit a roadside bomb. He was a gunny and at that time they weren't as protected as they've tried to make them now. My daughter was 21 when she wrote it and her and Branden were about a year apart and very close. He chose to go with his unit, he didn't have to go over there, he asked to go when his unit was deployed. Anyway, thanks again.
Nov 15Reply

mde27
🙏
Nov 18Reply

furflies
@victorianchica Thanks hun. One of my favorite scriptures. 🙏👼
Nov 30Reply

mandavais
@furflies this story broke y heart 😭😭. I am so sorry for your loss💔. But I have the strongest feeling he is right there with you, always by our side 💋.
Dec 07Reply

furflies
@mandavais Awe Thanks hun. I find little reminders if him daily.
Dec 07Reply

ros514
@furflies this touch home for me. It's very touching. I lost 4 soldiers from my unit. It's so very hard to come back from war to face the parents, spouse of my soldiers, while I, myself wanted to just run and cry. I know what your family feels and how hard it is. I still hurt at times when I remember my soldiers, my babies, I ask god why? Why my soldiers? I have always called my soldiers my babies even if they were much older than I.
Dec 11Reply

furflies
@ros514 Thanks hun. I know The Lord tells us there's things in our life we won't understand but trust Him and someday, when we meet Him, He'll answer all our questions why. I've got a running questionnaire lol. 😘
Dec 11Reply

ros514
@furflies oh I know and understand. It's just so sad one of my soldier was just 20 years old. They mY have not been blood family but they were all my family in my heart. I was a Commander in the Army now retired.
Dec 11Reply

13thfashions
This touched me deeply, my tears are streaming down my face,my eyes are so blurry I can barely see my screen to write this. My beautiful grand-daughter wants to know why I,m crying. So, I just gave her a kiss and told her how much I love her. May, The Lord Jesus walk you through these trying holidays as your family gathers around you. God Bless💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝
Dec 21Reply

furflies
@sweetbee17 Thanks so much. Blessings and good health to you and yours this Christmas holiday and a blessed New Year. 🙏🙏 😘
Dec 21Reply

13thfashions
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Dec 21Reply

roxys_treasures
@furflies Teary eyed & speechless, thank you so much for sharing. God Bless You & Your Family.
Dec 26Reply

furflies
@roxygirl1 Thanks hun!! Blessings to you and yours for Christmas and New Years.
Dec 26Reply

roxys_treasures
@furflies Thank You Paula💕
Dec 26Reply

navychick84
OOOHRAH! SemperFi!
Dec 31Reply

furflies
@navychick84 OOORAH! 👍✌️
Dec 31Reply

furflies
@warriorgirl08 Thank you hun. I can't imagine the pain you're family is in either. Sometimes I think the Lord let Branden come home early because being over there was changing his heart. God doesn't make these things happen tho some blame him.
Jan 16Reply

furflies
@warriorgirl08 I have a really tough time with those movies now. They use to be my fav like Platoon, Saving a Private Ryan, The Deer Hunter, all those oldies lol but I'm gonna try and watch it. I've see. Previews and it looks great.
Jan 16Reply

furflies
@warriorgirl08 I agree lol. I'm gonna send you am email I sent out to Kim, Donna, JG and some if the girls. 😉
Jan 16Reply

cholcombe123
So touching...❤️❤️❤️❤️
Jan 18Reply

furflies
@cholcombe123 Thank you ☺️
Jan 18Reply

theresab
@furflies God Bless your family. My heart is heavy. :( @imanimom share with your ladies for prayers for this amazing family and for our hero Branden.
Jan 19Reply

furflies
@theresab Thank you soo much and thank God for all military men and women. 👼🙏
Jan 19Reply

shannsk
@furflies wow thank you that is beautiful, i read to this to my husband who is retired 24 yrs Maurine. Thank you and God bless that beautiful girl with such maturity and beauty!
Jan 19Reply

furflies
@shannsk Thank you. She's my special one for sure. Tell your husband I said thank you for his service also. 🙏
Jan 19Reply

furflies
@lilo68 Thank you for your kind words. I have it framed at home and at my business. I still get choked up when I read it. 😕
Jan 24Reply

jazminestevenss
My fiancé joined the corps and fought in Afghanistan 😘 prayers for your family
Jan 27Reply

jazminestevenss
I pray no one ever has to deal with the pain of losing a Loved one. I lost my best friend almost 4 years ago. It is by far the hardest thing to ever go through. As I said my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. My family has always told me to stay strong, I have done so. My best friend wouldn't ever want to see me cry because he's gone, he would want me to look up and smile. I do that every single day. Bless you 😇👼💖
Jan 27Reply

furflies
@jazminestevenss Thanks so much for your kind words hun. Not a day really goes by that we don't think of the love we lost but heaven has a couple beautiful angels. Prayers to you and yours hun. 👼🙏👼
Jan 27Reply

jazminestevenss
Thank you 😘 it's literally the hardest thing to go through. If I lost Tim, I have no idea what I would do.
Jan 27Reply

jadrch
@furflies Thank you!!
Jan 28Reply

furflies
@jadrch 😌👍
Jan 28Reply

tinpat
I am speechless. This is beautiful. So sorry for your loss. Bless you and your family💞
Jan 29Reply

furflies
@tinpat Aww thanks for the kind words. Much appreciated.
Jan 29Reply

jbear
God Bless💙❤️
Jan 30Reply

furflies
@jbear 😔 thank you 🙏
Jan 30Reply

furflies
@brokenusnquill Thank you for your kind words 🙏 Semper Fi 🇺🇸
Feb 26Reply

styledbykblake
Paula, I am so very sorry. It's not a club id ever want more members of, I lost my daughter when she was 14. Thank you for the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we often take for granted, again I am terribly sorry!
Mar 09Reply

runningfine
@furflies Sorry for your loss, he looks like he was a beautiful person.So many nice comments and what a lovely poem about him. Thank you for sharing.
Mar 09Reply

furflies
@styledbykblake Thank you 🙏😔
Mar 09Reply

furflies
@runningfine Thanks he was pretty amazing 🙏😔
Mar 09Reply

runningfine
@furflies Yes, I believe it. Hang in there.
Mar 09Reply

jazminestevenss
Hey lady! Just checking up on yah.! How's everything? 🐾🐾
Mar 19Reply

furflies
@jazminestevenss Doing good. Looking forward to my visit with my daughters and granddaughters. It's the brightest point in my life every time I get to go visit. I live for it lol. Hate flying but it's the only reason I'd board a plane.
Mar 19Reply

jazminestevenss
Haha! Planes aren't terrible haha
Mar 19Reply

furflies
@jazminestevenss They are when you're afraid of heights lol.
Mar 19Reply

jazminestevenss
Haha! I agree! :) glad alls well :)
Mar 19Reply

furflies
@jazminestevenss Thanks hun. Hope alls well with you guys too 😘😉
Mar 19Reply

jazminestevenss
Yes ma'am! Alls well! :) 😍🐾🐾🐾
Mar 19Reply

styledbykblake
Approaching the 10 year anniversary of the loss of my daughter, any advice? As my youngest gets older it seems to get harder!
May 04Reply

furflies
@styledbykblake Wish I had some words that makes it easier but all I can say is with time I think the pain lessons a little and all the funny stories we remember of good times seems to lesson the pain that never goes away. There are things about Branden I think of and laugh about every time. Special occasions still require hanging on to the hem of Jesus until the day passes.
May 04Reply

kanyejoyner
@furflies I'm lost for words. I'm now crying & talking to God self.
May 07Reply

kanyejoyner
@furflies ok I had to get a hold of myself & as I write I still have tears in my eyes. I have been falling a little short on praising my God lately but before I saw this & the prayer your daughter wrote as I sat on my bed in the dark going through my phone trying to recoup from a bad dream. I saw a little boy walk in my room but no one was there ( please don't think I'm crazy but myself & God know what I saw ) but I called out my 9 yr olds name but no response & the little boy faded away. I see things a lot & have certain feelings a lot & my pastor calls it a gift that has ran down our family line. My Grandmother was this way, I'm this way & My oldest son is this way. Anthony has saved our life's from visions. One day his 1 st time were driving down the inner belt line of the highway. He's starting crying & demanded that I go a different route home, well at first I was the typical mom that said it will takes us a hr longer & we'll be late picking your brother up but the more he cried I realized he was scared & to trust he's feelings that God must be working through him. Long story short that night watching the news 3 people were killed within minutes on that highway that he had me turn off. Now back to the little boy I saw tonight. I think it was Your nephew bc it happened when I entered your closet. I'm no expert in who God shows me but earlier remember me saying I've been falling short praising my God. I think the moral of what happened tonight was a reminder to stop letting a busy life let me not praise & preach his word. I believe in everything your daughter wrote Bc I've witnessed it myself. If you sit still & really pray I mean pray for minutes, hours, days however long it takes, God will answer you. I also believe your nephew is at peace & will be with God when he calls us home. I hope you don't mind me reaching out to a Mother of a son that is serving our country now. I want her to read the above prayer your daughter wrote. @partymk999 read this listing & right underneath it read what this lady's daughter wrote & this lady has become special to me if you don't mind when you have extra time could you share for even if it meant you didn't have time to share for me. This entire listing has really opened my eyes & my God has spoken to me through this lady & her closet. I'm forever grateful of meeting her like I am about you. Wow as the days pass my feelings for these women in posh like you were talking about earlier just get deeper & deeper. Thanks & I know this listing will touch your heart & you know how we do let's book mark this closet & share share share when we have extra time.👍😘💋
May 07Reply

goldenpolkadot
@kanyejoyner YES Absollutely!!! Done! It's the least we can do for our fallen Hero .... An Angel in Heaven and the beautiful loving family he leff behind. Thank you @kanyejoyner my heart and prayers go out to all affected by this brave heroes!🙏 with Love🌹
May 07Reply

furflies
@kanyejoyner @partymk999 thanks ladies for your kind words. Branden had just left a mere 7-8 weeks when we got the word. We had all gone to church the Sunday before he left and our Pastor had prayed over him and his friend Todd. This was kind of upsetting at first but we never will understand why God allows one to come home and one doesn't. He volunteered for a fellow Marine to do night recon and it was so typical of Branden. My sister passed away 2 years later after a bad bariatric surgery and I took custody of her remaining 2 sons 15 & 16. It was a struggle because I was her executor too and only had 2 girls. Boys were a mystery to me lol. I remember after finally getting them both graduated they each promptly joined the Marines as a tribute to Branden. The oldest Bryce is now finished his tour and Brent the youngest has decided to make it his career for now. They each have a beautiful daughter and I find it ironic that Pam always wanted a girl but never had one. She would have been a awesome grandma. Anyway, thanks for your kind words and prayers ladies. The pain has lessened some and I laugh about the good times. I pray for our military and pray our sons and daughters and family members everywhere to come home safe and soon.
May 07Reply

furflies
@brkfstatiffanys Thank you 😔
May 27Reply

qcarter
So sorry for your loss. :/ we lost our hero memorial weekend of 2010.
Jun 12Reply

meglee650
This hurts my heart. What a handsome young man who was taken too soon. God bless you and your family. Thank you for his & your enter am sacrifice. Semper Fi.
Jul 14Reply

furflies
@meglee650 Thank you 😔. He truly was an amazing young man. I just couldn't say enough great things about him. 👼
Jul 14Reply

meglee650
@furflies you are honoring his legacy beautifully, he is looking down and protecting you and your family from above. ❤️❤️ hugs to you.
Jul 14Reply

furflies
@meglee650 👍👼🙏
Jul 14Reply

daisy5576
@furflies reading the story makes me cry. My husband is a disable US Army.
Sep 13Reply

furflies
@daisy5576 Thank you 😔 Be sure to thank your husband for his service also.
Sep 14Reply

furflies
@iysh This was Branden. Our hero and the one we strive every day to do the right thing in his honor.
Sep 22Reply

iysh
Branden, thank you for your service, thank you for your protection. You're definitely a hero, I've seen a little bit of what you may have experienced, it's amazing what you've done for people you don't know, for your country. I know your resting in peace, GOD bless. Prayers to your family.
Sep 22Reply

melodicmistress
God Bless🙏♥️
Nov 10Reply

furflies
@bholiday Thank you 👼
Nov 10Reply

thebasicwitch
@furflies this breaks my heart. My other half is a marine and been deployed 5 times. He tells me all the time he's a marine and he's doing what he loves and if something should happen always remember that.
Dec 10Reply

furflies
@sjc369 Aww thank you and thank your husband. Both his brothers enlisted as soon as they were old enough and my father was / is a Marine. They say once a Marine, always a Marine. Semper Fi
Dec 11Reply

c_nells
Salute brand en paul
Jan 15Reply

floridafashion1
So sorry for your family! Courageous man!
Jan 17Reply

furflies
@floridafashion1 Thank you 😔
Jan 18Reply

furflies
@macilarue Thanks so much for your kind words. My brother and brother-in-law are both AF. My brother will be retiring in April after 30 years service. He's a Master Chief, I believe an E6 and my BIL retired a couple years ago after 25 years. He was a Lt. Colonel and an F16 pilot. I pray your son stays safe and thank him for his service.
Mar 13Reply

nursehi
@furflies What a wonderful young man he was. My youngest son is also named Branden (with an "e"), I think I've only seen it spelled that way only one other time. My oldest son is also a Marine. He went to Afghanistan two years ago, and he returned forever changed. Bless your son and your family. ❤️
Apr 02Reply

furflies
@nursehi Hello 🙋🏼 thanks so much for your kind words. Branden was quite the stickler about it being spelled with an 'e' too lol. I'm so grateful your son came home safe and yet so saddened by the fact their hearts are forever changed by the devastation they see daily there. I thank your son for his courage in service. May you and yours be blessed beyond measure. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Apr 04Reply

nursehi
@furflies Thank you so much. I just read some more, and my Marine's name is Brice! He will decide in June if he would like to stay in or back to the civilian life. We just found out that he will be promoted to sergeant any day now. I rarely read profiles of Poshers, but somehow I came across your closet, and I never pass up reading about a Marine. I will say a prayer for Branden. Much ❤️ to you.
Apr 04Reply

furflies
@nursehi OH MY GOSH! that's so weird! My other 2 nephews (Brandens brothers) joined the Marines after HS and their names are Bryce and Brent.
Apr 04Reply

daniellesdigs
Such a handsome young man. Such a beautiful piece in his honor. I'm praying for your family!
May 07Reply

charmiggy
Aw. He is so cute. 💗😊
Dec 22Reply

kriss10fashion
Absolutely teary after reading this. Forever God rest his and your soles. Angels at your frontline protecting you now. So very, very sorry for your loss. 😇🇺🇸😢
Jun 15Reply

kaperini
@furflies My heart goes out to you and your family. I came close to losing but I still have my daughter. 7 1/2 years ago she was diagnosed with a brain tumor but she has made it through with 2 1/2 years of agonizing chemotherapy and lots and lots of prayers. When we weren’t sure if she was going to make it, it was in the darkest time in my life. No one should ever have to endure the loss of a child. It is so got wrenching and agonizing in the deep hole in your heart just aches.
Sep 14Reply

kaperini
As I said before, I pray for your family and their strength. My story turned out all right but I know or at least I feel like I know the pain and it’s sucks it just sucks.
Sep 14Reply

furflies
@kaperini thank you so much for those kind words. It never gets easier 😔 It just becomes a little more tolerable.
Sep 14Reply
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