Tony.. Tony.. Tony.. where to begin?? I think we first met over a 12-head Embroidery machine in my garage. I remember thinking you belonged on a Basketball Court. Eventually we came to work together at Rhythms - we had our team and it was a really good time. During that time, you were more than a co-worker, you became a near and dear friend. I remember my first time meeting Ann too. You two were as cute then as were the last time I saw you a few months ago. I'm so glad you have each other! Seems no matter what life brought us, we stayed in touch. It warmed my heart when you came to Arizona for work and were able to come by and meet Sean and the family - you were the first of my "friends" to meet him and I just knew you two would hit it off. We speak often and fondly of your visit here and our many visits there. I still have photo's of the Amp --eh hem.. damage.. What a fiasco! Glad it eventually worked out and you got to jam away!! I can also honestly tell you that you have outlived the Rubber Tree, well at least it overgrew at my parents and they had to part with it.. it's likely taken over some landfill. :)
Every trip to Colorado, we got to come say Hi, catch up & see how your many home improvement projects were going (still jealous of your Kitchen remodel!). I loved that months could go by without a word, and yet we just picked up where we left off when the opportunity presented itself - sharing stories of our lives and families, having a few good laughs. I have never had many "friends", and I'm awful about staying in touch day-to-day, but I keep a very special place in my heart for you, always have, always will.
Our visits to Colorado will never be the same, but we will look for you in the mountains and smile knowing, you're out there and we'll raise a glass, have a smile & share a story! I won't say "goodbye".. I'll just say, see you later, in a different way. Oh and PS, can you send some good weather this fall when we come up for the Elk? So, so many hugs to you, Tony!!