Craigs smile will be missed and never forgotten! He knew exactly how to brighten your day no matter what! I’ll never forget every time seeing him walking and him yelling “Amber come here” him giving me a kiss on the cheek and big hug - laughing and point at Ethan! “ Haha Ethan!! Amber and I are getting married, she’s mines now!”

Craig I miss you now and forever I will miss our time together .our time we spent in the evenings sitting together talking. You hiding the tv remote from me listening to you yell out the answers to your favorite game show you telling me I talk to much and I’m crazy . You ringing that stupid doorbell that I had set up for you so if you needed me . Brian and I will both miss the middle of the night doorbell ring just because you need a hug but most of all I will miss that big caring heart and beautiful soul of yours and all through your time of being sick you was the one to comfort me you would hold my hand and say to me it’s ok I’m going to be alright and that I didn’t need to worry. You have blessed my life so much. I know you got mad at me at time because I made you take your meds when you didn’t want to or made you eat when you was giving up on eating or drinking but I done it because I wasn’t ready to let you go . But after you would get mad at me a hour or so later you always said you was sorry and that you loved me . It was hard watching you take your last breath but to see the smile that come on your face as you took that last breath was the most beautiful thing to see and I knew at that moment that you had made it to heaven to all the loved ones waiting for you . Fly high little buddy I love you forever .

Back in October I was at my grandma Penny’s and I was sitting on the counter telling grandma about the boy I was dating and Craig said “ no boyfriends” and I asked him why and he told me that I was to young to have a boyfriend and that I was not allowed to date. I’m going to miss him teasing me and getting so excited to see us walk through the door and saying “Breanna come give me a hug” and listening to him tell Ethan and my dad that he was going to marry amber and my mom.

Craig it still feels unreal I still can’t believe you are gone. I will forever remember all of our fights and laughs you was my favorite shhh don’t tell. You was always full of hugs and kisses even though I was scared to hug you because I knew you was gonna lick my face even when you would tell me to shut up and get over here you wasn’t going to but you did every time. No matter how my day was I knew you would fix it with that smile and telling me I’m a shit head or a fat ass  i love how you would let us give you shit and knew you would give it right back. I love you even though you stole my husband lol you definitely was one of a kind I could go on for days with all my memories of you. Even though it’s hard your gone I know your happy when we seen that smile when you took your last breath we knew you was back with grandma. I love you Craig you was the glue we needed for our family.

You made us laugh
You made us cry,
You made it hard
To say goodbye.

From a little boy to a man
We watched you grow,
You were a loving person
We were lucky to know.

You left us all
With an empty space,
But we cling to the memory
Of your style and grace.

Now, your style and grace
Was like no other,
That makes us proud
To call you “brother”.

Now your free
Free to fly,
Just remember we love you
With no question as to why.

You made us laugh
You made us cry,
You made it hard
To say goodbye.

Though his smile is gone forever and his hand I cannot touch, I still have many memories of the one I loved so much. Your memory is my keepsake, with which I’ll never part. God has you in his keeping, I have you in my heart. Sadly missed, but never forgotten.

This was a poem his sister Penny liked for him.