I met Dave almost 20 years ago in powerhouse gym when I was completely blind with my training. He taught me so much but besides training in the gym he taught me how to be a man outside the gym. Dave is the perfect example of a Man. A Great man. He used to tell people “You know this kid? this is my youngest.” Dave was like a father to me. Dave would talk your ear off for hours lol. Last I spoke to him, I called him back in October to let him know the gym was opened. I was talking to him through Bluetooth driving to the gym then I was parked outside the gym for 20 minutes or more. I told him “Dave I’m parked outside the gym I have someone waiting for me to train.” We both laughed and as We were saying our goodbyes...he started a whole new convo! Haha... matter of fact, The reason I own my Jeep today is because of him. He told me about this model. He was the first person I called when I picked it up. He taught me so many things about it and set up the app for me . He stopped what he was doing l, came in the Jeep and called the lady for me. That’s the type of person he was. Always giving and never expecting. All I have is flashbacks of him laughing from all the times we would break each other’s chops in the gym. Dave liked to joke around a lot but aside from all that he was a very straight forward, honest and serious person. There wasn’t one person Dave didn’t got along with. Dave never judged anyone. He loved to help people. Every time we spoke, he always mentioned his family. Dave loved his children and grandchildren very much. He lived for them. He would tell me stories about going to Disney every year with 2 of his youngest. Last I spoke to him he was upset but happy that another daughter was moving to Europe with her family. Happy they were going to start a fresh, good life out there/ Upset he wouldn’t get to see everyone as much anymore...When I was younger If there was any man I would want to be like, it was Dave and it still is like that to the day. There’s men who don’t make it to heaven then there’s men who may take awhile to get into heaven. Men like Dave go straight to heaven, no stops on the way. There’s also friends you like and friends you Love. He was that friend that you loved. I loved Dave. He was my family without the blood. I’m glad I called to check on him and that I got my last convo with him that day. If I would have known it was going to be my last time we would ever speak to each other, I would have never hung up that phone. I could go on for days and days talking about Myself and Dave. He will ALWAYS be apart of my memory. I’ll never forget him, the things he taught me and our convos.
He will always be a part of me.
He will always be like a father to me or my other dad.
-Your youngest, Mikey.
Ps: Lol I hope I’m not missing anything. You are gong to be missed by many. You could rest easy now brother. I love you Dave.