Friday, April 17, 2015

Heavy heart

MFD lost another brother last night. This one was pretty close to my heart. CANCER SUCKS!!! Just yesterday 100's gathered for a hamburger luncheon for him and all proceeds were going to help this young man with expenses as he traveled back and forth to MD Anderson in Houston for treatments. Fly high with Christ Aaron!!!

Let me tell you about the first time I met Aaron. Cody was going through rookie school at MFD in 2006. I was out of town the first few days he started and when I came back all I heard was, "there's some really great people in my group and there's this guy named Aaron and his (then) fiance Jennifer. They are really cool and they remind me of us!" He was so excited to introduce me to them. So we made plans one Friday night to go over to their house. Jennifer and I hit it off immediately, she's one of those people that pretty much gets along with anyone and is the life of the party (love you Jen) and of course I loved Aaron too. Jen and Aaron had recently got engaged (Cody and I had too) so we had so much in common. From then on, the 4 of us were pretty much inseperable. House parties, to dinner dates, to late random nights at each others houses. We've got some great stories to tell for sure. Aaron is one of the few people who has never had a problem calling me Hippo. For some reason some people can't come to terms with my nickname, but from the beginning he was always calling me Hippo. Every time after that, it was always "Hey hippo!" The boys completed rookie school, Aaron and Jen went their separate ways (no hard feelings, they both moved on and have beautiful families!) Aaron got a job in Big Spring, TX.  Cody followed shortly after and was employed with BSFD for 2 years. I'm not sure how long Aaron was in Big Spring but you can ask anyone over there and they'll tell you he made a lasting impression and that he was a great firefighter. He came over to MFD and again Cody was right behind him. They were on different shifts but when Cody would work overtime, every now and then he'd get put at station 8 with Aaron. It was always great to visit and see Aaron. He'd play with Hudson and we'd catch up on life. It's not fair that someone so young can be put through so much hardship and be plucked from this earth just like that. But with the hardship comes peace and knowing that he is no longer suffering. My heart breaks for his wife, his two precious little girls and his whole family. I can't even imagine what they are going through. So many prayers are being lifted up, I hope they find some sort of peace and comfort.
You will be missed!

This is how I'll remember you!
Silly, funny, always making people laugh!
RIP