Well it's about time I get another friend tribute done...I wanted to do one each month but now that February has come and gone already I guess I'll have to do Marchs' tribute and skip February. Most of you that are reading this blog don't know Tracy but I felt inspired to do one on her because of some news I received last month that has gotton me pretty sad. Tracy is a very close friend of mine that was there for me when I needed someone the most. When I seperated from Taber back in 2001 I needed a place to stay and she, no hesitation took me in, baggage and all! She was always there to talk to and give me advice and just help me in anyway I needed! So I packed everything up and moved in with her to West Jordan, which btw was a 40 min commute to work but it was worth it we just carpooled and she always knew how to make it
fun!
So obviously she didn't like her picture being taken, at all...and no that's not her throwing up in the sink, she's trying to turn away from me so I won't take her picture...I barely got this and you still can't see her face, darn you tracy! But this was taken while we were making Sunday dinner together, she was a great cook! My favorite memory of living with her was probably her famous and absolutely delicious french toast! She knew that was my favorite morning meal and would make it special for me when she had the time..It was nice because she not only was a close friend but was like a mother figure for me since my mom lived so far away!
This is me with her very cuddly cat! His name was garfield and was always sneaking in my room under the bed as often as he could! I know she loved him very much...Also she has a son named Adam..He was in high school when I lived there and was such a great kid! He was so much fun and loved to play with Brooklynn and was very good with her too.
We had an awesome Halloween that year too, decorated the porch and got all dressed up and took Brooklynn, which was only 9 mths old, trick or treating...hey it's all about the candy..right! Here's a pic of mommy and my little pumpkin!
She was so fun that night and looked so dang cute! She was a trooper too, she stayed up a lot later than usual and was still a happy baby the whole night! We only lived with Tracy for about 6 months but she became our family in just that short amount of time, I love you Tracy and am so grateful for your friendship and hospitality while I was going through my divorce. I really needed someone to lean on at that time and you were more than anyone could of asked for!
I mentioned in the beginning of this post about hearing some bad news I received and I wanted to mention it so that the one's who are reading that do know her or remember her from that time could know what has happened. Once I moved out and got my own apartment in Orem we still kept in contact, but a year or two went by and through moving and phone number changes we lost touch somehow...It was really hard for me b/c these last 3 or 4 years I started having these reacurring dreams about me searching for her, or her being hurt or dying..all different scenarioes that each time I had the dream I would awake in distraught. I always felt there was a reason I needed to find her..A couple time's I tried looking her up and I always came to a de*dend(sorry for some reason this blog won't let me write out the word)...Finally just recently I couldn't handle the dreams anymore and the feeling that kept upon me so strongly to find her... haunted me and I couldn't handle it anymore so I just paid a small fee on a people search site and finally saw her name and a number. So I called it and it was her mom in California! I was so happy and relieved I didn't hit another de*dend...But the words I was about to hear couldn't of been anymore dissapointing and sad. Her mom began to tell me that on April 30, 2004 (in the same year I started those dreams) Tracy lived in SLC and got a phone call from one of her friends in Orem that was too drunk to drive home so Tracy at 2 am went to pick her up..(she always had the biggest heart)so on the way back on I-15 she was having car troubles so pulled over on the shoulder of the freeway. A drunk driver hit her car while they were in it and she had to be life flighted to the hospital for an emergency surgery on her head. She ended up living through all of that but now has brain damage and cannot do a lot of things that most of us can do and that I'm sure many of us take for granted. She now can't read or write, she can't do math and lost a lot of her memory. She only remembers certain things and there is a lot that she now doesn't remember and I'm afraid that all these things I posted she doesn't remember. I havn't been able to talk to her in person yet, just her mom but her mother warned me that she may not remember me at all. But after a few years of her mom taking care of her, she is now at a point where she's good enough to live on her own again. So she is in an apartment 10 min down the road from her mom in California, so I am thankful that she survived that horrible and is doing so well. I just miss her and wish that I could talk to her but time will tell if she'll ever remember our friendship and the memories we shared that I know were special to her too!
I love you Tracy and if you ever see this I want you to know I still have your grandpa's rocking chair and it's in just as good of condition as it was when you gave it to me! I love it and it goes so nicely in my new home...I hope we all take this story and think about all the very little things god gave us that we forget to be grateful for sometimes when life get's so hectic and busy...
Okay so I know this is wayyy late but it's better now than never, right? So the week before Easter my sister comes up the stairs and sais hey, we're going to Washington to help mom and dad with the remodeling so they could have room for Mike & Leticia to get moved in! So we figured out our schedule and said sweet we're in too! So off we were on a very spontaneous trip to Yakima and it happened to be Easter weekend too so it worked out great! We took the great big truck so we could all ride together, it had so much room it was very nice! So we finally arrived and off to work that next morning we go bright and early! There were fire's to be had, walls to be demolished, loads and loads of who know's what carried outside to be gone through of G&G's stuff, a worthless and gross pool that stank like poo to be demolished into pieces so it could even be hauled off the grass, doors-molding-heaters-lights&fans to be installed, electricity to be well played with is what I think they were really doing since nothing seemed to work just right after they were done messing with it;) 
and last but not least fitting in some sort of an Easter celebration in with all the work that we were trying to get done in 2 days! But yes Easter was saved! There was egg's being boiled and then colored of course by the adorable kids! We got a fun Easter egg hunt going before church started and yes the normal Easter dinner with yummy mashed patatoes and Ham was delicious - oh wait I must of been dreaming we didn't fit that one in but we did have an absolutely delicious Easter brunch before church and that was better than nothing and less cleanup I think ;) So all in all we made out pretty dang well I think and especially the kids, the Easter bunny was good to them for sure... What ever happened to the Easter bunny anyway, why doesn't he come to parents? I just can't even remember when it stopped really and why does it have to stop, so so so not fare! But I guess it's fun too to see the smile on your kids' face and the excitement as there going through there baskets who could ask for anything more!
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