On a different note

Erica Dunagan pointed out to me that perhaps I should pay some respects to our fallen classmates. Those that come to mind are Matthew Lee and Robbie Sommers who passed away, at way too early an age, while we were still in school, and Jacob Kuntz who left us tragically in a car accident a few years back. While I was close to neither Matt nor Robbie, Jacob and I went all the way back to kindergarten at Southwestern Elementary school. He always seemed to be in my class and he was as adorable then as he was when he passed. My father also coached him in wrestling and he often traveled with us to away matches at an early age. My family- my mother and I especially- always referred to him as Jacob Ryan (his middle name) though I couldn't tell you why; maybe because using double names endears a person more. I lost touch with him after high school as many do (if memory serves, he joined the military) but I mourned his loss just as so many of us mourned the loss of all three. I do hope that I forgot no one who may have died, but if I did I am sorry. In closing, please feel free to post any tributes or memories for our classmates whom have passed.