Saturday, August 23, 2008

In Memory of Garrett

I have decided to set this blog up in memory of my sweet brother Garrett. He passed away November 15, 2005. We at one time had a website set up for him, something happened to it and we lost all information from it, so many friends and family had gone on that website and put favorite memories of him and different stories and it was so wonderful and we were hoping to have it for his daughter as she got older, but we lost it, so I am wanting to re-create it if I can and have family members and friends come to this blog and share their favorite things about Garrett. Many family members did not get to see the website before we lost it so it would be great if we could do it again so that those family members can see it and we can have things for his sweet wife and especially his daughter so that she can read about her Daddy and know how wonderful he was.
I just wanted to add to this by saying I miss my sweet brother so much, he was not only my brother but my Best Friend, and life has been so different since he has been gone. It was amazing to see the people that came to pay their respects and see him for one last time at the viewing and funeral, I learned so many new things about my brother from many of those people and it was amazing to see how many lives he touched and how many people loved him. I already knew that he was a wonderful person but I came to learn that he was even more amazing from friends, co-workers and family members that came.
Life has been so different without him here and we all miss him dearly, but the one thing that is wonderful is that through our faith and knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ we know that we will see him again. After Garrett passed away his sweet wife and daughter were sealed to him for all time and eternity in the salt lake temple, we are so grateful for that. We Love his wife and daughter so much and they still play a huge part in our lives and we are so grateful for that, we don't ever want to loose them.
This November it will be 3 years since he passed away, I can not believe it has been that long since I have seen him, I miss his voice, his smile and his sense of humor and most of all I miss those big hugs he would give me where I would just sink into his chest. Life will never be the same without him, but we look forward to the day we will get to see him again.