I didn't know this page exsisted, I happened to google your name. I was sitting here at work thinking of you with tear filled eyes,, boy are you missed!!!!! I can't put it into words exactly, but it's still a shock to me that you're gone. You were like my second dad. No one really knows our bond, really outside of auntie, but you and I were really close. I guess you watching me grow up, literally upstairs from you for years created a bond that was unbreakable even after we moved away. You always looked out for me, even as an adult. I remeber once you telling me I was like the daughter you guys didn't have, since I was the only little girl in the house even though I was a tomboy lol! I remember you watching us (me and Joel) when my parents were at work, you let us get away with everything. I remember you taking us to Pistons games, and Lions games (although I didn't care for football), we'd go to that Buddy's Pizza on Conant and 6 mile after Pistons games. There are so many memories, that keep you close to me, they are painful because I then remember you're not with us in the flesh anymore. As I type this I smile and cry a little, remembering the nicknames you and auntie gave me "Rootie" and especially your nickname for me "goof wad" Lol! I love you so very much, we will meet again