Mim Bryan Memorial

Hello, and welcome, everyone! We are all gathered, virtually, to commemorate Miriam Bryan, Mim, who passed away on January 26th, 2022. We are here to remember her, to celebrate her life and her works and to renew the love we shared with her and share with each other. Thank you, everyone, for joining us today.…

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Ode to Mim Bryan, on her 85th birthday, September 29, 2012(with the usual apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan) She is the very model of a modern family matriarch,And yes, she’s turning 85, but clearly hasn’t lost her spark.She’s smart, she’s kind, she dances too: she is a triple threat-ical.The world’s a better place because our…

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I had to give a speech at my high school graduation (1 score and 2 years ago). In typical Bryan fashion, I had not yet finished writing it when Grandma (Mim) and Grandpa (Joe) arrived at our house the day before, but this worked out in my favor! At dinner that night we talked about…

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Mim had a quiet yet abiding belief in God. She suffered at least one loudmouth know-it-all high school son arguing the topic, to the point where Joe had to step in to say, “Stop browbeating your mother.” Some number of all-too-short decades later, in intimate conversation with that son, she recounted a couple of occasions…

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My Grandma Mim was tickled when I started learning Spanish in school. She had studied Spanish in a past life and didn’t have as many opportunities to practice it at that time, so when we saw each other, we’d have fun swapping phrases and correcting each other’s mistakes (Mostly mine! She was a thoughtful speaker…

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On one unfortunate occasion when her adult children were in an emotional intra-family altercation, Mom could have tuned us out, or said for the zillionth time, “Won’t you kids just stop bickering!” but she was listening. She came over and literally stood by me, taking my side. Her support in that moment has stuck with…

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