This story is from my mom, Nancy Satterfield

Andrew learned the hard way, literally, that I did not know how to clean hardwood floors. We had just installed oak flooring in our hallway. I decided it wasn't shiny enough after the first time I cleaned it, so I used pledge furniture polish on the head of the dust mop and went over it several times until it was nice and shiny. Well, what I didn't even think about is that the wood flooring butted right up to the ceramic tile in the entryway and out of habit I used the same dust mop on it. Andrew and Marissa had stopped for dinner and he was carrying in a tray of large soda's from Burger King. All I heard was a loud crash and loud cussing. He was really good natured about the whole thing and after awhile we could laugh about it. Both times. You see, I realized getting pledge on the ceramic tile was a bad idea, but it never occurred to me the same thing would happen from stepping from the ceramic tile onto wood that had been "pledged". It did. Andrew always used to come flying in to see Marissa. Let's just say I cured him of that.  This memory has put a smile on my face. 

ANDREW IS MY SON VERY SPECIAL THING TO BE A FATHER WATCHING KIDS GROW, BE SPIRITED, MISCHIEVOUS, SMART,CARING, ATHLETIC,TENDER HE WAS ALL OF THAT AND MORE. I SPOKE AND EMAILED WITH HIM DAILY AND HE WAS ALWAYS UBEAT AND EXCITED IN HIS WORK HE WAS DOING IN AFGHANISTAN. I SPOKE TO HIM LAST ON MAY 1 2016 3 DAYS BEFORE HIS PASSING I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING TO HAVE JUST ONE MORE CONVERSATION WITH HIM IF I KNEW THE THINGS I KNOW NOW. IT'S SO VERY RAW AND YOUNG INTO HIS PASSING AND I MISS HIM SO MUCH I WANT TO HUG HIM SO MUCH AND SHOW HIM HOW MUCH HE IS LOVED AND CARED FOR AND HOW PROUD I AM OF HIM AND ALL HE HAS DONE UP UNTIL THAT TRAGIC DAY....HIS SISTER MOURNS HIS LOSS DAILY AND WILL NEVER BE THE SAME BLESS HER HEART SHE ALSO IS MY EVERYTHING. MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE PAULA CRIES AT THE THOUGHT OF NEVER SEING HIM AGAIN IN THIS LIFE SHE IS THE BEST. ANDREW WE ALL MISS AND LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH AND WHEREVER YOU ARE NOW REACH OUT OCCASSIONALLY AND LET US KNOW YOU ARE DOING OK AND NEVER FORGET ABOUT US AS WE WILL NEVER FORGET ABOUT YOU MY LITTLE BOY, MY BEAUTIFUL MAN...


LOVE ALWAYS YOUR FATHER .

GABRIEL