You led your life, as I would hope every young man would live, with strength, courage, and a desire to be the best you can be. Even though our paths had crossed less frequently over the past year I will always cherish the friendship that we shared over the past four years. I will always remember our last conversation on the phone for it epitomized your constant desire to improve everything that you did. I finished! I earned my bachelors degree! How proud and excited you were. You earned it! You should be proud!

I will miss not being able to challenge you in the weight room and then having those large steak and cheese sandwiches afterwards. I will miss the weekly tattoo updates and the German music CD's you liked to listen to. I wish I could have spent more time with you and your family and mine with yours. Life goes by to quickly and yours was taken much to soon. Your legacy and memory will live on in your son because he is of you, strong, courageous, and with a desire to be the best. He is also of your wife who will be by his side the whole way guiding and preparing him for this new journey.

God Bless you and may you rest in peace.

Your friend,

Jim Cottrell