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It's been a long time since I've posted. We have made it through our first year without Chris, and are finding as so many have told us that the second year is even harder than the first. I have a hard time believing that it's been almost 2 years since we found out about the tumor and our lives changed forever. We continue on because to do anything else would dishonor Chris's memory and all that he fought for. We mark the new year now in October not January. Every year that passes is marked for t… Continue

I wrote this today and thought it was something to share here.

Mopigeon

You always flew your own way
Leading others as you found your path
Showing us all the face of courage
Defining dignity as you faced the beast

No matter the news you held your head high
Even when our hopes and dreams for you died
You showed us love as you prepared to fly
Leaving us behind as you soared to new heights

Everyday we feel the hole in our lives
Left there when you had to fly
We let you go, when we wanted to hol… Continue

Last Friday was a year that Chris graduated from High School. On Saturday we went to IHS's graduation. It was hard to watch all those kids go through the ceremony knowing that last year it was Chris. We watched the young men and women, having an idea of what they had overcome to graduate and we were proud of them. I hope that next year we will have our foundation in place and have a scholarship to award to one of the students.
Today Alec graduated. We were so proud of him, watching him walk acro… Continue

Chris was always exposed to music. Cyndi and I have always had music in our home and it's been a very important part of our lives. Like most kids Chris listened to what we listened to when he was young, because he didn't have a lot of choice. Of course as he got older he developed his own tastes in music, and everything mom and dad listened to was old and bad. The songs that I put on the site were songs that Chris liked, or were special to us. The Parting Glass is a old song, that we first heard… Continue

6 months, half a year. Almost as long as Chris fought that damned disease. Can it be possible that he's been gone this long. I guess it is, but it sure doesn't seem like it has been that long, yet he feels like it's been forever since I've heard him yell "Daddy" when I walked into his hospital room. Forever since I saw his smile when I knew he was up to something. Forever since we argued about why the Oakland Raiders are the evil of professional sports, why the Detroit Red Wings were to blame fo… Continue