Do you ever look back at the people that touched your life and wonder where they went? The ones that were there as you moved from frame to frame in this movie of life? The ones that shared the adventure? I do.
I had great friends growing up. I was born in Detroit but my family moved to Farmington Township (now Farmington Hills) when I was three. Like many families mine was fleeing the city for all the wrong reasons but Mom and Dad wanted a place in the country. For me it started out a little shaky (they left me behind but that's a story for another time) but once we got settled it was a neat place to grow up.
I'm not sure who I met first but I can rattle off a few dozen names that were there early on: Mark Chalfant, Jill Werner, Mike Pratt and his brother Steve, Fred Bertsch, Gordie Roach, Gary Maloney, Duane Brann, Gary Bourdon, Ann Bertsch, Patti Smith, Bruce Rumble, Rusty Smith, Bobby Miller, Dave Forth, Matt Spears, Randy Spears, Doug, Diane and Craig Valassis, Arnie Kahkonen, Jack Stevenson, Chuck Venticique, Bruce Huber, Denise Walsh, Brian Kramer, Steve Barry, Rick Gibson, Billy Walker, Frank and Don Prucha, Cynthia Milne, Steve Ileff, Rick Neuman, Chris Jay, John Simpson, Bob Evans, Sue Billmayer, Laurel Operthauser, Pat Coffman, Rick Page, Dave Davidson, Dennis Davenport, Tom Lademan, Kay Davidson and if I was so inclined I could name a couple hundred more.
All of these people were a part of my earliest memories and it's sad to say, today, I only communicate with a couple of them. I've helped bury a couple of them but most have just spread to the four winds. They have their lives, their families, their jobs, but I occasionally I wonder, do they think about what happened to us?
I had great friends growing up. I was born in Detroit but my family moved to Farmington Township (now Farmington Hills) when I was three. Like many families mine was fleeing the city for all the wrong reasons but Mom and Dad wanted a place in the country. For me it started out a little shaky (they left me behind but that's a story for another time) but once we got settled it was a neat place to grow up.
I'm not sure who I met first but I can rattle off a few dozen names that were there early on: Mark Chalfant, Jill Werner, Mike Pratt and his brother Steve, Fred Bertsch, Gordie Roach, Gary Maloney, Duane Brann, Gary Bourdon, Ann Bertsch, Patti Smith, Bruce Rumble, Rusty Smith, Bobby Miller, Dave Forth, Matt Spears, Randy Spears, Doug, Diane and Craig Valassis, Arnie Kahkonen, Jack Stevenson, Chuck Venticique, Bruce Huber, Denise Walsh, Brian Kramer, Steve Barry, Rick Gibson, Billy Walker, Frank and Don Prucha, Cynthia Milne, Steve Ileff, Rick Neuman, Chris Jay, John Simpson, Bob Evans, Sue Billmayer, Laurel Operthauser, Pat Coffman, Rick Page, Dave Davidson, Dennis Davenport, Tom Lademan, Kay Davidson and if I was so inclined I could name a couple hundred more.
All of these people were a part of my earliest memories and it's sad to say, today, I only communicate with a couple of them. I've helped bury a couple of them but most have just spread to the four winds. They have their lives, their families, their jobs, but I occasionally I wonder, do they think about what happened to us?
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