Thank you for being a good friend to my Dad. I know he will miss you.

Ben and I started dating in late 2008. A couple months later I was sitting at Barry’s house and they were talking about going to the Billy Joel/Elton John concert and asked if I wanted to buy a ticket. I was a broke college student and also worried if something happened between Ben and I it would be super awkward to have seats next to each other. So I said no. A couple months later in May I graduated from SIUE. As a graduation present Barry gave me his concert ticket and got a seat by himself so they Ben and I could see the concert together. He was sweet, kind,  loving and thoughtful man that I am going to miss so much.