This memorial website was created in the memory of our loved one, Miranda Lynnette Barnes who was born in Dallas, Texas on June 24, 1993 and passed away at Children's Medical Center in Dallas on August 27, 2005 at the age of 12.
Miranda was active in school by participating in choir in elementary school and on to middle school. She loved singing in the choir. She was enjoying learning karate as her PE class and wanted to continue when she started back to school in 7th grade. She managed to make the first four days of the start of her 2005-06 school year before she became to ill to continue and suffered a seizure that caused her to be back in the hospital. We had plans to bring her home but were never able to.
Miranda lost her valiant fight against glioblastoma multiforme which is a stage IV brain cancer. She was diagnosed in March 2005 with brain tumors after suffering from a seizure during her 6th grade math class.
Prior to becoming ill Miranda had been a very active child. She had been playing fastpitch softball since she was 5, had been a cheerleader with the city league, taking power tumbling classes, playing basketball for two years and participating in a state tournament, and a Girl Scout since she was 5. She was going to be bridging to Cadettes.
She will be remembered forever by her family, friends and those lives she touched with her generous spirit and warm smile.
Donations can be made on behalf of Miranda Barnes, to the following who were very supportive during Miranda’s struggles with her cancer:
Make-A-Wish Foundation 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 410 Dallas, TX 75244
Children’s Medical Center of Dallas 2777 Stemmons Freeway, Suite 1025 Dallas, TX 75207-2230
National Children’s Cancer Society Attn: Donation Processing One S. Memorial Drive, Suite 800 St. Louis, MO 63102
In Our Hearts We thought of you with love today, But that is nothing new. We thought about you yesterday, And days before that too. We think of you in silence. We often speak your name. Now all we have are memories, And your picture in a frame. Your memory is our keepsake, With which we’ll never part. God has you in his keeping. We have you in our heart. Author Unknown
An Angel Has Fluttered by Janis Latimer, August 2005 (Given to Miranda's Oma in honor of Miranda)
An Angel has fluttered, Her position has changed. Earthly mission accomplished Life won't be the same.
Those tear drops have meaning, So don't hold back. They'll clean up the spirit, And keep the soul right on track.
Remember the good times, Savor the dreams. This Angel is drifting, Yes, she's on his Team!
So just cheer her on now, Don't be mournful and blue. She'd want you to be gleeful, And happy and true.
She loved you so dearly, Could tell from the smile. Even in the last moments, When she knew the last mile.
Her life was cut short, By this dreaded disease. But she won the battle, With God, she was pleased.
So today we remember, This Angel of Love... It's now goodbye Sweetheart, Only a chance to look above...
We know you are up there... With God and His Best. Cause you came and studied, Then...you passed His Test!
8/27/11 - 6th Anniversary of Your Passing / Nancy Carusone (Mom)
Today marks the 6th anniversary of your passing. We have missed you each and every day and I feel lost at times without you. So many things have changed. We have missed so much because you aren't here with us. I know life woul...
Continue >>
Happy 18th Birthday in Heaven Miranda / Nancy (Mom)
So hard to believe you would be 18 today had you not left us to go to heaven and be cured of the horrible disease that took you from us. We miss you every day. Today on the way to work I just started crying and I'm crying now. It ha...
Continue >>
Every Day Without You Sucks / Nancy (Mom)
I miss you every day Miranda. I may not light as much candles like I did in the beginning but I carry you in my heart always.
I see some of your friends on Facebook and I know you are looking over them. Duncan signed up with Navarro Coll...
Continue >>
Miss you every day / Nancy Carusone (Mom)
I miss you so much Miranda. Every day is hard without you. I hide so much from everyone. It is coming up on one of your favorite holidays and it hasn't been the same since you left us. I see girls your age and it makes me so s...
Continue >>
Gone 5 years Today - August 27, 2010 / Nancy Carusone (Mom)
Has it really been five years since we said goodbye to you. How can it have been five years already? Lord I miss you so much. I miss everything that I would have been able to do with you. I miss all the activities you were inv...
Continue >>
Jack - O - Lantern (Poem by Miranda) Jack - O - Lantern, Jack - O - Lantern, You are such a funny sight. As you sit there in the window, Looking out at the night.
You were once a yellow pumpkin Growing on a strudy vine, Now you are a Jack - O - Lantern See the candlelight shine.
Otis (Poem by Miranda)
I have a pet. My pet is a dog. His name is Otis. My dog is black. He is a large size dog. He has pointy ears and a pointy tail. He has short fur. He can give me five. He barks a lot. I love my dog.
Apples Smiles (Poem by Miranda) Way up high in an apple tree, All the little apples smiled at me. I shook that tree as hard as I could; Down came those apples, Ummmm--They were good!
Dear Mommy written August 28, 2005 by my friend Joani White
Dear Mommy: Mommy, I knew that you’d be worried cause I saw your tears last night, so I asked God if I could tell you that everything’s alright. At first I didn’t want to go, I knew that I’d be leaving you, but then a hand took hold of mine, it was someone that I knew. He told me not to be afraid, and to walk with him awhile. He said that I was just like you and he could see you in my smile. He told me stories about you and your brother, and how he felt the same way I do when he left your mother. I knew that he’d take care of me as we walked the streets of gold, and I knew that you’d feel better knowing it was Opa’s hand I hold. I’m not sick anymore, and I don’t even need my glasses. I’m laughing and playing, and mommy, I even cheered for the masses. My hair’s grown back and I have lots of curls, Opa said I’m the prettiest of all the girls.
They gave me a crown made of stars, and they shine so bright. It’s so you can see me on that dark, lonely night. Opa said a thousand years on earth is like one day here, and it won’t be long before our loved ones are near.
So mommy don’t worry and please don’t cry, this is just the beginning and not a goodbye.
My Favorite Memory with My Family by Miranda Barnes, 2003
It is when my step-dad and my mom got married. My brother wasn't that happy, but I was, with my hair in curls in a pretty blue country style flower girl dress. My mom with long wavey hair and a white country style wedding dress. My step-dad wore a cowboy hat and a country style tuxedo (my brother was wearing the same thing).
I was the first one to dance at the reception, then my mom and my brother joined me. I danced almost the whole reception except for three or four breaks for grapes. My step-dad's cake was almost gone when I stopped for a second break. People just loved those chocolate covered strawberries on his cake. By the time my dad picked us up to leave, we were exhausted.
Tributes and Condolences
Add to favorites 
