DANIEL,MY BROTHER WAS SUCH A MATURE PERSON FROM SUCH A YOUNG AGE. HE WAS BECOMING A MAN BEFORE MY EYES,FROM HELPING TEACHING MY BROTHER TO WALK TO HELPING HIM DRINK HIS FIRST BEER IT ALL FLIES BY SO FAST. WE HAVE SO MANY MEMORABLE MOMENT'S IN OUR LIVES TOGETHER THAT JUST CHOOSEING ONE MOMENT IN TIME WOULD BE ALMOST AN INJUSTICE. EVERYDAY,EVERYTIME,EVERYMOMENT TOGETHER SOMEHOW WAS SPECIAL TO EACHOTHER,EVEN WHEN HE WAS ALIVE. WE LIVED LIFE AS AN ADVENTURE. THERE IS A SONG WE BOTH LIKED TO LISTEN TO BY A GROUP CALLED U.G.K. CALLED "ONE DAY" THE CHORUS TO THE SONG IS "one day your here babyyyy and thennnn your gonnne"! we never really put to much thought into the song until one day a couple years before daniel passed away,and we both looked at eachother with the same look and told eachother how true that song is. then we both talked about the what if scenerio's. like what if I ROBERT DELGADO THE BIG BROTHER DIED! i told him what i would want and the hopes for his future and look after my family especially because i had just became a father,i told daniel to teach my son to fish and to shoot and to be a good man. i even went so far as to say NOW IM N0T SAYING YOU HAVE TO RAISE MY CHILD OR CHILDREN/FAMILY BUT TEACH MY BOY THE THINGS I WILL BE TEACHING HIM AND TELL HIM ABOUT HIS FATHER AND ALL OUR STORIES AND MEMORIES THAT WE HAVE HAD IN OUR LIFETIMES BROTHER. AND HE PAUSES AND SAY'S YA KNOW BRO HONESTLY IF I DIED BEFORE YOU. DON'T CRY!!!!!!(EASIER SAID THEN DONE) SO HE TOLD ME WHAT HE WOULD WANT LIKE NOT TO COME VIEW HIM IF THERE WAS A VIEWING OR HE WOULD NOT WANT TO BE SEEN LIKE THAT.TO CARE FOR HIS WEAPON COLLECTION. TO CARE FOR HIS THINGS. AND WE WERE VERY SERIOUS WHEN WE HAD THIS SHORT BUT MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION. OUR ONE FISHING TRIP TOGETHER I HONESTLY CANNOT BELIEVE WE ONLY DID IT ONCE BUT ATLEAST WE GOT TO DO IT! EVEN THOUGH WE WERE IN A CANOE BICHERING ABOUT WHO WAS ROCKING THE BOAT MORE AND WHO WAS GONNA TIP US. WE HAD THE TIME OF OUR LIFE OUT THERE. AS WE ARRIVED AT THE SHORE WITH NOT A FISH OR A WORM OR EVEN SEAWEED BEING CAUGHT WE LOOKED AT EACHOTHER AND JUST LAUGHED AND SAID HEY BROSKI I LOVE YOU BROTHER,I REPLIED WITH CONVICTION I LOVE YOU TOO DAN! EVEN THOUGH I STUCK TO OUR PROMISE OF NOT VIEWING HIS BODY,IT DOES WEIGH ON MY HEART THAT I DID NOT SEE HIM ONE MORE TIME. BECAUSE WE HUNG OUT EVERY MINUTE OF EVERYDAY WE WEREN'T WORKING.HE OFTEN STAYED THE WEEKENDS AT MY HOUSE. ID COME HOME FROM WORK BECAUSE I WORKED MOST WEEKENDS AND JUST SEEING HIS TRUCK IN MY DRIVE WAY WOULD INSTANTLY PUT ME IN A GREAT MOOD,I WOULD FORGET ABOUT THE STRESS FROM WORK AND JUST THINK ABOUT SEEING MY BROSKI,DUB'Z. HE MOSTLY WAS CALLED DUB'Z A NICKNAME THAT STUCK LIKE GLUE EVERSINCE I CAN REMEMBER. NOW THAT SAME OL 2001 CHEVY S10 WITH HIS 4.3 LITER V6 SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY STILL WITH THE SAME SCENT IT HELD EVERYTIME WE DROVE IT. IT WAS ACTUALLY HIS FIRST VEHICHLE AND SADLY HIS LAST! HE LEGACY,HIS SOUL,HIS SMILE,HIS SCENT,HIS MEMORIES PLAY THROUGH MY MIND LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. I LOVE YOU DANIEL DAVID. I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN MY BROTHER WE BOTH KNOW THAT AND WHEN THE TIME COMES,FORGIVE ME BECAUSE IM GOING TO HOLD YOU AND NEVER LET YOU GO AGAIN..UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN DUB'Z PLEASE WATCH OVER ME AND OUR FAMILY AS I ALREADY CAN TELL YOU DO BRO. I THANK YOU FOR EVERY LITTLE AND BIG THING YOU HAVE DONE IN OUR LIFETIMES. EVEN LOOKING UP TO ME WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER AND ALL YOU CALLED ME WAS BROTHER,HEY BROTHER WANNA GO SKATEBOARD,YEP SURE DO BROTHER LETS GO. LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE YOU CROSS THE STREET BROTHER. THEN BOOM YOU TURNED INTO A MAN AT AGE 13 AND WE GOT EVEN CLOSER AND CLOSER AS BROTHERS AND BESTFRIENDS WE BECAME WHAT WE CALLED THE BROTHERSHIP. WHEN DANIEL WAS BORN MY MOM AND OTHERS SAID WHEN YOU LOOKED INTO DAN'S EYES HE LOOKED LIKE A WISE OLD SOUL. WICH HE WAS WAY MORE MATURE THEN I AND IAM 8YRS OLDER THAN HIM BUT AS MUCH AS ID LIKE TO THINK I TAUGHT HIM,I HONESTLY THINK I'VE LEARNED MORE FROM HIM. I LOVE YOU DANIEL DAVID VANDERLEUR
