Happy Birthday with love to my beautiful son Chad who would have been 38 today - But is Forever Young to his family & friends & who we all adored for 18 years and since u became an Angel in heaven, we also on occasion wonder what kind of hair days you might be having in heaven. When I think too much I get awesome dream visits from Chad. Many times in those dreams I'm getting one of his great hugs which he had to lean over to give pretty much everybody bc he was 6'1". Chad gave the very best hugs. Other dreams are when he's younger. Recently I dreamt of us holding hands while walking down a small town street sidewalk (probably Granville). He was only about 7. He then asked me "Mom why are so many people were wearing garden shoes"...I explained they were wearing a shoe brand called Crocs and come in many different styles & colors. To which he responded in an oh so Chad way, "Oh I thot there were just an awful lot of people with gardens!" Chad loved his family and friends and was a good friend back to his friends.
When he was very little, Jes would let him be in her room so she could teach him her favorite music like Madonna, Prince, Michael Jackson, Boy George, George Michael, Cindy Lauper and many other late 80s early 90s big hit artists. Jes was a pre-teen but never minded hanging out with her baby brother. Later as he got older she loved taking him shopping to teach him how to have his own clothes style. What she taught him (& bought him) really had an impact because he was voted best dressed at Glenwood High his Sr year.. a very large high school! Chads high school years went by so fast but he made the best of the years by being involved with the school & his community. In Keys Club, the kids would meet on Saturday mornings to clean up trash along the roads in town. Sometimes it was wet & rainy but he went anyway. That was just how Chad & his friends were committed to each other, being leaders, proud of their community & school and setting good examples to those around them. I definitely wonder like all of us who love & miss him everyday, where and who he would be leading today if he was still here. I love you & miss you my beautiful son.
Love Mom