New Britain Herald

‘There’s no place I’d rather be’

ERICA DRZEWIECKI @DRZEWIECKINBH

BRISTOL – Bryon Schiffres was born on a Sunday very much like the one that just passed; in early spring sunshine.

“March 26, a day just like this,” Linda Weidemier, his mother, remembered.

At two-and-a-half years old, Bryon was diagnosed with a slow-growing brain tumor. Now age 17, he’s in a wheelchair, can’t speak and needs aroundthe-clock care.

“He’s so full of joy; it makes everything else easier,” said Weidemier, who hosted a birthday party for her son inside their church, Bristol’s First Congregational, Sunday.

There was live music, lots of pizza and a giant birthday cake everyone raved about.

And there was Bryon, all smiles.

“His birthday is his favorite day,” said Donna Schiffres, his grandmother.

Family, church members and friends attended. Pastor Rev. Kristen Kleiman was happy to

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