Pete Stivason

Pete Stivason, July 16th, 2012

Happy Birthday Pete

TO THE MAN I LOVE

I REMEMBER: looking into your eyes and seeing such compassion and understanding when they twinkled and that ever so slight smile appeared I saw love and excitement.

When I looked deep into your soul, I saw the man that everyone wanted to be like, so trusting, so happy, so loving and so very giving.

I MISS: the gentle teasing that always turned my frown into laughter. Doing the yard work together, watching the fireworks with all our friends and Kansas in the back yard, the cookouts with both of our families, with you at the grill, all the little surprises that we gave to each other and the gratification was the look on the other’s face. These are the memories I carry with me. Of course, lying on the floor with Kansas because he couldn’t make it up the stairs to bed.

I DREAM: of waking up just a pillow’s whisper away and being able to touch your face ever so gently as you sleep.

I WAIT: till we are holding hands, walking side by side to the end of our rainbow.

Look after Dad and Becky for me.