Dear Dan,I love the picture of you picking the cookies up off the floor. It makes me laugh to think I was talking to you on the phone at that time. It's almost like there was a connection and I didn't disappear from your life. It was a bit of a shock and yes, it... Continue Reading →
Bad day
Dear Dan,Today is a particularly bad day. I was scanning a photo of you last evening.The one with the Christmas cookies. This morning I drove to work and parked in the parking garage on Pugh Street. I never park in a parking garage that I don't think of you, of course, but today all I... Continue Reading →
What a dream I had
Dear Dan,Last night I had a dream about you. We were in NYC. I heard that you were intending to jump off the Empire State Building. People were panicking and I told everyone to calm down. I said it was your decision but 1) there is fencing all over the top floor 2) you might... Continue Reading →
The Black Hand
Dear Dan,I was talking to a co-worker today about how her daughter gets wet in the grass while playing outside in the morning. None of the other kids have the same problem.I remembered something I haven't thought of in ages. When we were kids mom always knew when you had been somewhere. There was always... Continue Reading →
From my “myspace” page on July 26, 2007
"Daniel, My Brother Current mood: gutted, devastated To my dear brother:I miss you. All the color has gone out of the world; the music has stopped and all laughter has ceased. My heart has been shattered. I know your pain is over. I wish you peace.My pain has just begun and will have no end."Dear... Continue Reading →
The back story
On July 25, 2007 Dan had a friend drive him to a bar in downtown Kansas City. At about 10:30 PM local time, Dan got out of the car, waited for the driver to pull away and walked about 15 minutes to a parking garage. On the top level - the seventh floor - Dan... Continue Reading →