Playa Hermosa,                         Costa Rica the way to the beach looking for sloth's

                                                        Costa Rica Sunset !

After living in Tahoe for some 6 years I decided to move south to San Diego.

Where I now live.

I still go out sailing when I can, I stay busy planning parties , playing volleyball at the beach and just hanging out with friends. Or relaxing at home with Brutus my cat I got when I was together with Mike.

          Todd & I host a luau                         Damon, Amy, Donna, Steve & I root on the Patriots

San Diego Harbor Cruise           Me and Donna on Harbor Cruise                    Sailing San Diego

                                  Celebrating my Birthday Toga style !

My years with Michael were some of the best years of my life. I feel that we were both better people for having been in each other's lives. I learned so much from him, he taught me to trust , he showed me love and how to love someone so deeply. He made laugh and sometimes cry and feel things I never knew I could feel. He set the standard for which all others are now judged (which might explain why I'm still single)    ;)   We had so many adventures from oil wrestling our way across the country to hiking the backcountry of Yosemite , sailing in Tahoe to living on a boat in the San Francisco Bay Area. Most of these things I wonldn't have even tried if it hadn't been for him and I am eternally grateful !

We remained good friends after going our separate ways.  Visiting him often when I was in the Bay Area ,he even came and stayed with me in Tahoe for a week. 11:00 April 30th 2004 the phone rang waking me up. I heard my sister Patti leaving a message on the machine, I missed the call not being able to find the phone in the dark. I almost waited till morning to call her back. But something told me to call her right back. She asked what Mike's last name was, thinking he had done some funny little stunt to get him on the news or something, I told her it was Price. Through her tears "Oh Shell ,Mike was killed in Iraq today" .....Living in Yosemite she had been watching the 11:00 news from the Bay Area and had seen Mark on there talking about him. That was the longest night I finally cried myself back to sleep when the phone rang again around 4:00 this time no one was on the other end when I picked up. As I dozed back off to sleep I scolded Mike " Why do you want to wake me at this time of night"  I felt comfort from that 2nd call knowing it was him saying  Hi.

The next few weeks were really hard for me. I enlisted the help of my whole family in trying to locate Mark and Mike's family. I finally got in touch with Mark through the reporter that did a story in the Concord Tribune. I found him in time to make it to Mike's memorial here in Southern California. Where I met his dad and daughter for the first time. I was able to get up and speak sharing some of my memories. I'm so glad that I got to go and see Mark and be around Mike's friends and family. Grieving does very strange things to you. I pretty much relived our whole 3 years together the good times the bad times and everything in between. I went through so many emotions I was angry at Mike for ever leaving me, I sometimes felt responsible, like if I had just tried to work things out he might be here with me today. I even felt guilty for being so upset. I felt I didn't have the right to miss him so much, after all I hadn't even seen him in almost a year. It was like I fell in love with and lost him all over again.

I feel him with me everyday and talk to him often. He comes to me in my dreams and takes me on wonderful adventures sailing , hiking or just hanging out on beautiful beaches. He is on the other side doing what he loved to do, which was watching out for his family and friends. Protecting  and guiding us in our everyday lives. Just ask and he will come to you ... a song on the radio....a familiar smell.... a too real dream he is all around us just listen..

Thank You so much for sharing my memories of Mike.

~ Shell

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