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| Special People in My Life |
| There are a lot of people who have meant something to me over the years, people who have helped shape who I am and who I will be. I am deeply honored to have had the experience of their friendships during my life. And I think that they deserve some recognition here, and in no particular order... |
| My parents: Roger and Mary Jane My brothers: Nathan and Andrew My relatives: That's right, all 68 of them... especially Grandma The people known collectivly as "the Neighborhood": Andersons, Hills, Isaacsons, Zimmers, Skillingstads, etc, etc, etc... My local bosses: Kaspers and Bartz Clans: Wilcox, Von Korff, Krogman Wide Horizons: the Westrom-Styles clan, Jesse and her family People from the Old School: Phil, Kristin K The AIA Shrimps: Stew, Rachel, Emily, Mindy The Tech-No!s: Mike B, Elizabeth, Susan, Mike V, Ruhiyyih, Aaron S, Eric (Louise), Steph, Marion, Terra, Dana, Lou, Hannah, John, Jeremy, Paul Ha, Katie H, Adam My Teachers: Mick (Water color), Beth and Bill (AIA), Shawn (K), Carmy (3), Mr.Smith (Pre-alg), Steve and Mrs.Battge (orch), Herr Pauly (German), Mr.Boatz (Calc), Ms.Pavkovich and Mez and Mrs.Braun (English) The Deutsch-lish Liebchens: Pearl, Katie, Sarah (my Lover) My Spookie Fruit Bat: Jeff K ISU Res: Kristin J, Christy, Angie (my daughter), Angela, Erin, Monica, Laura, the rest of Rowe 00-01, Nicole, Heather, Nick, Miah, April, Mike, Susie, Rachel, Tiff, Brian (Hof), Brooke, Derek, Connor, Jess, Susie, Kate, Heather and Colleen, Marnie, Cheryl, Andy (Walling) ISU Marching Band: Adam, Candy, Jeff H StrangeTalk: Keith, Eric, Corwin, Steve, Trisha, Erin, Brent, Nate, Vic, Jenn, Jen, Mark, Scott, Alan, Jeremy My Profs: Chris Lee (Relig), Whiteford (Anthr), Horwitz (Arch), Hollander (Hist) ISUAL: Adam, Aaron and Sara, Jon, Nick, Alicia, Prof. Tiffany, Chuckles, Linda The Menangerie: Brian (Felix), Chris, and Adam (Haar), Trevor The "Group": Barb and Troy (with Dante and Anton), Liz, Steve, Bob, Dave, Peter Azoria Groupies: Meredith, Abbie, Stefi, Cathy, Rod, Anne Marie, Rob, Donald, Peggy Company at the bar: Rob G (and his friends like Lorenzo and TESL), Laura (& co.), Andrew Cub: Jill H, Jenny P, Nate R, Rachel, Tim, Lynn, Mike, Mark, Dave, Tom, Sara, Kelli The Book: Chris, Josh A, Ryan, Scott, Paul H, Greg, Dirk, Jason, Mike WCSO: Steve, Ortrud, Marie, Josh, the whole viola section and many others Random Resurfacers: Brian, Blaine, Adam C, Adam H, Terra, Jon, Manon, Jeff, Sarah, Lee Carpool chick: Ann People I can count on to be as silly as I am: Jodi, Denise The other member of the One-for-One club: Josh W Fellow AVCFFC President and Goddess: Natalie My baby: Spoon(erism) |
| Family: Both my Dad's parents, although Grandma was the only one I ever knew. She died when I was two, her funeral is my first memory. My mom's dad died in 1991 from a car accident. Summer of 1996 my dad's oldest brother David died from a sudden heart attack. We flew to Delware for the funeral. A few years later David's wife Pat was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer and died six weeks later. Friends: June of 1999 Natalie's oma Margot died from pancreatic cancer. I didn't find out until later because I was in Germany at the time and couldn't attend the funeral. In 1989 my first grade teacher, Mrs Holms, died the summer after I had her. Sister Elizabeth Anne died in 1993, God rest her soul. Jane Domek, my high school counselor, died in the beginning of 2001. Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash in October of 2002. Father Balty died April of 2007, the best man in the world who happened to be my great-uncle. ...And then there the people I've lost for other reasons than death...many of whom I'd really rather not remember but I must at least credit them with something, because even the bad experiences have made me who I am today. However, they are not worth the time and energy to list here. Most of them probably don't even know who they are, but they exsist nonetheless. Some are more gone then others, and some are remembered more than others-I'll just leave it at that. |
| Rememberance of those I've lost |