Matyas Juhasz

With the deepest sadness I have ever imagined, I am sharing with you all that in the earliest hours of June 8th, my beautiful father layed down in his bed for the last time here on earth with us and took his final breaths to complete his almost 80 year long spectacular voyage in this sunny and beautiful realm.

Never has my heart been so full and so broken, making it almost unimaginable for me to compose this heartfelt statement in an attempt to honor this sweet man’s enormous legacy of love.

He came into this world bravely as the only child of a sweet couple who lost their lives by the time he was barely a year old. Childhood was not easy for this special little orphan, but nothing but beautiful stories and memories have been shared by him through the years, with proud gratitude for the life he had and the independent voyager his childhood shaped him to forever be. As a handsome, determined and driven young man, he met the most adorable brown eyed girl and instantly became the luckiest man alive. At this sweet young age, the two most beautiful humans married and immediately brought Tibor and I into the world and devoted every moment of their lives to raising us on pure love and endless gratitude. They held hands forevermore as they journeyed through this amazing life together, sharing their endless goodness through several countries, multiple languages, all kinds of careers and adventures, beautiful family and friendships and most of all, pouring their hearts into grand parenting the loves of their lives Dylan, Holden, Karli and Travis, instilling their powerful ripple of goodness into these babes every step of the way.

Through the many years, this wonderful man continued to live on top of the world, through amazing times and through sad times, with unstoppable courage and devotion. Four years ago, his beautiful bride went from his hands to forever in his heart when he had to say goodbye to my beautiful mother, who he has eternally missed so deeply and dearly. But he kept going , kept moving, kept loving us all and taking care of us unfailingly every single day. Sadly, as for so many, his health has deteriorated over the years, enduring many levels of health conditions and complications, facing each health obstacle bravely and courageously, fighting with all his might every step of the way.

I hope with my whole heart that when he layed down and took his last breath in the first hours of June 8th, exactly 4 years after he layed his sweet girl to rest, he took a full deep breath, a breath of relief, a breath of freedom, a breath of comfort and courage and happiness as he looked forward to holding her hand again everlastingly. We were the luckiest to be loved by him and to be taken care of by him. He will live in all of our hearts forever and ever.

I continue to be stunned and devastated beyond measure. I will pause planning my fathers 80th Birthday celebration and shift over to planning a celebration of this beautiful man’s giant heart, grace and wonderful life. I truly hope for and look forward to infinite amounts of signs loaded with feathers and butterflies and hearts and rainbows and any and all gentle reminders of their hearts and hands watching over us together again.

We will honor my fathers wishes and hold quiet and gentle services to celebrate his beautiful heart mid summer.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to my fathers most cherished charity Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy which will benefit his grandson Holden greatly as he journeys through his life living with this horrible disease.