Dave Groenke Research Paper
Dave Groenke
If I had to choose someone to see again it would have to be David Groenke. Dave was my dad's best friend all throughout my life. He didn’t move away and we didn’t lose contact with him. He passed a year ago due to cancer. Dave made a huge impact on my life, not only my life but my families life also. Dave was like family to me and was always messing with me. Losing him was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to go through in my life. He was such a family guy and everyone who met him loved him. I remember so much about him there isn’t one thing that I remember most. I remember that every time I saw him he would always grab my fingers and squeeze the tips of them. Looking back now I didn’t think anything of it but that's
one of the main things I remember. I remember walking to the concession stand with him a couple times when the boys were playing baseball and nobody else wanted to take me. I remember riding to Minnesota with him and dad and him eating all my peach rounds because he had never tried them. I guess he decided he liked them after eating a good portion of them. I remember sitting in the truck with him and I closed the back window and it made a loud thud and he whipped around really fast. Asking if we had just hit a bird I don’t think I had ever laughed so hard in my life. I remember when dad started working out of town you would always drive by and make sure everything was ok with us at the house. I also remember during the summer Daisy chasing me around the poor several times and you thought it was so funny. Last but not least I remember you loving me and my family like your own. If I had the chance to talk to you or see you one more time I would tell you that I love you so much and thank you. Thank you for always checking on us and making sure everything was ok. Thank you for always being there for my dad and keeping him in line because he always needs that. I would hug you and tell you that I wish you didn’t have to go so soon. I would love for you to see the boys now and how big they are. I would sit with you on the hill and have you watch them play ball like you always said you would. I would tell you how I was going to date Dane and how dad wasn’t to happy about it. We both would laugh and I’m sure you would say something like, “Bradley I told you so.” I would say so much to you if I had the chance to have one more conversation with you. It would be selfish of me to bring you back because you were so sick. I just wish you could still be here before you got sick. I wish you could still sit at Ocky’s with all of us on the fourth of July. I wish you would’ve stayed longer because no one was ready for you to go. I wish my brothers could’ve known you and grown up loving you the way the rest of us did. I wish they could’ve taken pictures on your phone and changed them to your background like I use to. I wish things were different but knowing your aren’t sick and suffering anymore is one of the best feelings. I have an amazing angel watching over me and guiding me now. I’m blessed to have had the time I did have with you and all the memories. I will forever miss you and love you. Keep watching over me and my family until we meet again.
If I had to choose someone to see again it would have to be David Groenke. Dave was my dad's best friend all throughout my life. He didn’t move away and we didn’t lose contact with him. He passed a year ago due to cancer. Dave made a huge impact on my life, not only my life but my families life also. Dave was like family to me and was always messing with me. Losing him was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to go through in my life. He was such a family guy and everyone who met him loved him. I remember so much about him there isn’t one thing that I remember most. I remember that every time I saw him he would always grab my fingers and squeeze the tips of them. Looking back now I didn’t think anything of it but that's
one of the main things I remember. I remember walking to the concession stand with him a couple times when the boys were playing baseball and nobody else wanted to take me. I remember riding to Minnesota with him and dad and him eating all my peach rounds because he had never tried them. I guess he decided he liked them after eating a good portion of them. I remember sitting in the truck with him and I closed the back window and it made a loud thud and he whipped around really fast. Asking if we had just hit a bird I don’t think I had ever laughed so hard in my life. I remember when dad started working out of town you would always drive by and make sure everything was ok with us at the house. I also remember during the summer Daisy chasing me around the poor several times and you thought it was so funny. Last but not least I remember you loving me and my family like your own. If I had the chance to talk to you or see you one more time I would tell you that I love you so much and thank you. Thank you for always checking on us and making sure everything was ok. Thank you for always being there for my dad and keeping him in line because he always needs that. I would hug you and tell you that I wish you didn’t have to go so soon. I would love for you to see the boys now and how big they are. I would sit with you on the hill and have you watch them play ball like you always said you would. I would tell you how I was going to date Dane and how dad wasn’t to happy about it. We both would laugh and I’m sure you would say something like, “Bradley I told you so.” I would say so much to you if I had the chance to have one more conversation with you. It would be selfish of me to bring you back because you were so sick. I just wish you could still be here before you got sick. I wish you could still sit at Ocky’s with all of us on the fourth of July. I wish you would’ve stayed longer because no one was ready for you to go. I wish my brothers could’ve known you and grown up loving you the way the rest of us did. I wish they could’ve taken pictures on your phone and changed them to your background like I use to. I wish things were different but knowing your aren’t sick and suffering anymore is one of the best feelings. I have an amazing angel watching over me and guiding me now. I’m blessed to have had the time I did have with you and all the memories. I will forever miss you and love you. Keep watching over me and my family until we meet again.