#6

Today is Darren's Birthday. Happy birthday! Darren was born at 1754 on Aug. 11th, 1979. He weighed 10 lbs.(yikes). Other then interrupting a fishing trip it was just another day for the whole family. Kids were running around playing in and outside of the house. No one seemed to care that a baby was being born in the bedroom. Little did we know that Darren would be quite an entertaining and challenging boy. The emptiness I feel is overpowering more then I can stand at times. Thank you to all his brothers and sister and sister in laws for the phone calls, activities to keep me preoccupied. The grandkids are a great distraction. The hardest time is late at night,driving around and seeing a motorcyclist, listening to music that reminds me of him, seeing a picture of him that flashes on my digital frame. I had the privilege of seeing Darren do some funny things, talented things, dumb things and then mature into a young man. I got to witness the full circle. Such a wide variety of memories that I hope I never forget. Love you Darren. See you later.