We met in grade school. He was the kid that had every girls heart skip a beat then later in life he was the ear that listened for real friends. I have many memories of popping the tops of a few bottles and talking about the weeks events and few nights of sitting on the open waters casting the lines out and waiting for the fish to bite. Life gives us many battles, some that are too much to handle, but above all else he truly loved his family, even when it may appear different. He was a avid hunter and fisher and could spend countless nights just sitting by a open flame with a beer or a Pepsi... which I once jokingly banned from my house due to being a coke drinker myself. He will always be remembered for who he really was.