To Those I Love

To Mom, for always loving, helping, and believing in me.

To Dad, for always encouraging, strengthening, and loving me.

To Sister, for helping me learn who I am and what I stand for.

To Sister's Husband, for being one of the coolest guys that I've ever known and tolerating me at the same time.

To Tolkien Boy, for all the laughs, grammatical assistance, and love.

To Walt, for always being there, and for sharing life with me.

To Walt's wife, for joining my family, for your happy smile, and for your love.

To Hermano, for being not only my brother, but also one of my best friends.

To Grandma and Grandpa (Of my father's side), for being a constant source of wisdom, aide, and compassion.

To Grandma and Grandpa (Of my mother's side), for giving me your incredible example of patience, perseverance, and charity.

To Scobberlotch, for being a woman and tolerating me at the same time, for your beautiful smile, and for being another of my best friends.

To Mafia Man, for relating to me and being another of my best friends.

To editorgirl, for your brilliant mind and beautiful smile.

To Choir Teacher, for making my high school experience a grand one.

To Theatre Teacher, for making my high school experience even grander.

To Orchestra Teacher, for believing in me that I may change apathy and indifference to zeal and interest.

To Band Teacher, for instilling in me a love for excitement and music working together.

To Bishop, for understanding.

To SWAT Sniper, for teaching me that good policemen can be good Mormons, contrary to popular belief.

To Emma, for hugging me back.

To Allie, for remembering me and being another one of my best friends.

To Kelso, for sharing my fascination with drums, and for being your own sweet self.

To Drumline Advisor, for teaching me professionalism and reliability, as well as being another one of the coolest guys I've ever known.

To Neo Dragon, for being one of my more prominent best friends, and for letting me play Soul Calibur II, even when he's sick of the game.

To John, for being another of my best friends, and for joining me in the mission field, only a few thousand miles from where I will be.

To Jebediah, for being another of my more prominent best friends, and for being excited for just about everything. (Also for having the coolest yard/garden I've ever seen.)

To Franklin, for watching Red vs. Blue with me in Computer Applications class, when we knew we should've been working on our Access tables.

To Jim Gough, for being the best teacher I've ever had, for teaching me that art is the ability to see things as they are, and not how they appear to be, and for showing me the extraordinary in the ordinary.

To Annie, for sharing her wonderful musical talents, her beautiful smile, and her happiness with me.

To Alex, for being another of my best friends and brother.

And to all those who have been kind to me, spent time with me, or even smiled at me in passing.

May my love and appreciation go with you always.

Farewell, my friends and family.