Hello everyone I want to start off by saying making one of these pages is never ever easy or wanted, but I will say helping with the making of this page has helped in the grieving of a loved one and in our case David. 

Let me start off with I met David back in 1987 at the front doors of Greece Athena High School I was walking in and he was standing against the wall in his black leather jacket with his rock t-shirt on and of course smoking a cigarette but as I walked by and as any new student your shy and nervous, well  David was quick to say " Hey newbie whats your name? " and I looked up and said Melody whats yours he said " I am David not Dave but David to you " well he flicked his cig and said where you going? Well I have to go to the office and jokingly or at least I thought he says " Oh i can take you I am in there more then you know" I replied with " you must be trouble" he laughed. As the school year started he was always waiting by the front doors for me and would walk me to class and most of the time waited for me too. As years went on we dated up to 11th grade and we drifted apart but still in touch here and there and we both met different people and married different people but when his marriage ended he got in touch with me but at this point I was living in Florida and felt so helpless in his situation but as David always did he healed and moved on and in time we started talking more and more and years of back and forth talking he was ready to leave Rochester NY he was just tired of the cold and he felt he had his fulfillment with Rochester NY and there wasn't anything else he could gain staying there so he moved, he started off so amazing here and he found a job at the same hospital as me and he did so well everyone loved him and enjoyed his energy, but I ended up going to another hospital just because it was a better situation for me and he was so happy for my gains. Down the road his sister Julie whom I am very close with moved here along with his brother Michael and it was such a joy to be around them and he was so happy his siblings where here with him. David was also a big cat lover and worked with cat shelters and recuse places he had a heart of gold and a love for all cats even going out of his way in wooded areas and feeding them and caring for all of them and 12 years of living here he was a great influence in the cat world helping with catch and release program for thousands of cats. David was a force to be reckoned with and was adored my many people, he made you laugh when you where sad and would give you his last dollar if need be, he was kind, he was important to many including me, he was a friend, a teacher and step-father, a brother and my best friend and life long partner my David and the day he left this world due to health reasons he took a part of me and everyone else that mattered to him. I pray he is watching over all of us and I pray he is guiding me and my kids whom he adored in the right direction. Story the day my son Gavin graduated he was heartbroken David would not be there to watch him but on his graduation I gave him a small medallion to wear of his ashes and as he walked the stage he looked at me and tapped his chest and gave me a wink and after his graduation he said " mom I felt like David was with me as I walked the stage" I smiled and in some weird way I felt David smile too. I would be lying if I didn't say I miss him everyday cause I do miss him more then anything and count the days I will see him again, when he died a part of me died too and words can not describe the pain and heartbreak I feel everyday he isn't with me, but I pray he isn't far and I pray he is always by my side. You are missed David and you are forever in our hearts and mostly in mine forever. I am grateful to have his ashes and have him with me everyday for the rest of my life along with my necklace I wear with his ashes. My David I love you and always will till our hand touch again, Always BG ( Melody).