Images of Aaron

It's amazing how we've changed after losing Aaron.  I think for the most part we've all become different people.  Different people with the same soul, the same roots that keep us grounded.  As if he wasn't before, Aaron would be proud of who we are now.  It seems as though the wonderful parts of Aaron rubbed off, and we've each taken a piece.  We hold those pieces close and can see images of Aaron in eachother.  I now hope we can change others as Aaron did and leave pieces of ourselves to hold our legacy.

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[Amy]

Today on the anniversary of your death I know that you are with us. I felt you this morning on my drive to work. You touched so many people's lives Aaron. I know that you are with all of us today. We love you and long to have just one more moment with you...

[Eric]

Its been a year and five days and i have thought of you almost everyday. I made it to college and im living in Kansas City now. Working with you i never really looked at you as a boss until the time you yelled at me for putting salt in the ice.You were a mentour & friend. Although i no longer work at Alma my experiences there were beautiful until the day you passsed away.I stayed there as long as i could watching the group Alma once was, move on.Josh always told me after that friday night we should have taken a photo the first night we opened your dream.I havent heard from him lately or been able to reach him i hope hes alright. I clearly remember working with Christina and Bri and crying as i waited on the rest of my remaining tables that friday night. You meant so much to me and helped me grow as an individual both mentally and physically. Ive been putting off signing this due to a mixture of thoughts and emotions but i hope you know how much of an impact you had on my life. I will never forget what youve not only done for me but also the world around you. Im sorry i never burned you that CD but ill have a copy ready once i return to the Quad Cities for Buzz and your family.
Sincerely,
Eric

[Sara]

Dear Aaron,
There's not a day that goes by that I don't think of you.Last night and today were really tough, though. I caught myself watching the clock constantly yesterday, thinking about how you felt every minute a year ago. I only wish I would have listened to your words more closly the last night we worked together..I'm sorry. You were never quiet or subtle in life Aaron, specificly when it came to telling stories! You always had the best stories!...I wish you would have been as up-front and boisterous with your own feelings as you were when you would tell a story. I love and miss you, Aaron. I cherish every memory I have of you. I'm so completely lucky to have had you as a friend for so long..but it surely wasn't long enough. I'll see you in my dreams..
Love,
Sara

[a friend]

Not that Aaron will ever be forgotten, but more than ever he has been on my mind a lot lately with this fall weather back again and he was on my mind today also. I cant believe it has been a year. I wanted to visit this site as a friend of Aaron's to tell you, his family and Cari that you are all in my thoughts and prayers as i cant begin to imagine how this one year mark is causing you to feel. Time is nothing, Aaron will forever be in our hearts and on our minds. I wish you peace.
Sincerely,
A friend of Aaron's

[Mom]

Today is October 14th, 2006. For the past year I have prayed for one more hour with you. One hour to tell you how much you meant to me and to tell you how sorry I am for all the mistakes I made as your mother. I keep thinking of the morning you duct taped your shoes together, and I said "Oh Aaron, why didn't you tell me?" You said "that's ok Mom, I know you don't have any money." Thats when we talked about needs and wants.We got the shoes, but I always wondered what made you think you were so insignificant you didn't deserve new shoes. You deserved so much more than you ever got. Selfishly, I need you, Aaron. I am grateful for the dream the night before your namesake was induced. I remember wanting desperately to memorize your face, and I remembe the tears in your eyes. I will never stop loving you. I will never forget. I miss you with all my soul.
Today is October 14th, 2006. And there is nothing I can ever say or do to ease your pain. And nothing will ever ease ours.

[Mom]

Today is one of those days i can't stop thinking of you. The tears are hard to fight in public. Like everyone else, I wish I had
just one hour with you. Just a little time to tell you how incredible and smart and handsome you are. I would remind you of all the crazy things you did when you were little, all the nights in the emergency room, and all the moments when you sat beside me assuring me everything would be ok. I dreamt about you last night. Yet, I can only remember pieces. I want to recapture each instant to relish in your presence, even though it was a dream. I asked you if the pain was gone and you said yes. I so hope that is true. Oh, Aaron, you were so much, and had so much to offer. If you only knew!
I will never stop loving you, I will never stop thinking of you. I will never "erase" you. You are far too significant for that.

[Lindsay]

Most people are elated about their 21st birthday, but not me. Before I would think about how when I became old enough I would go to your bar, and you'd give me free drinks and I'd feel so special. You always made me feel special. Well, that can't happen now. And upon thinking of that I realize how much I will never be able to experience with you. I wish you could be a groomsman at my wedding, I wish you could hold my children and make them laugh, but knowing that those things will not happen anymore is very difficult to deal with. I'm jealous of those that got more time and experiences with you than I did, even though I know I shouldn't. I wish we had more time. I will always think of you, of what you taught me, and of how you have made me a better person. Thank you for everything that you did for me and for making me a better person.