Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. ~Flavia Weed

This post is very important. But I am not sure how to start it. Justin was one of Chris's closest and best friends when we met. He was a large part of the reason we even met eachother. We spent many a double dates with him and partied even more.

One night we doubled with him and his girlfriend Brandy. We drove to the Cities and stopped at the mall for a short time, where he picked up a singles track "Fishin in the Dark" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. We listened to it a few times on our way to the hockey game. I had never been to a hockey game and the guys were bringing us to a NorthStars game (vs the Blackhawks). We didn't win, but we had an amazing time! Of course I didn't know this at the time, but that was the NorthStars last year playing in MN. Justin couldn't really remember where we parked, but Chris has an excellent sense of direction and found both the car and the way home again. Now for those that don't know, at the time we lived approximately 2 hours from the Cities and that makes for a whole lot of "Fishin in the Dark"! But that night was great.

Justin stayed with Brandy for a coulple of years. They had a son together. Justin was so nervous about raising a kid. He wasn't ready and just didn't know what to do. But when Zach came, he was a good Dad.

Justin died in a car accident in 1995, only three very short years after he helped bring Chris and I together. Zach was only 2 and while I did not know Justin nearly as well as Chris and his friends, we lost and miss someone very special to us.