Lil brother, 

From the first time I rocked you to sleep I knew you were special. You were one of the best humans to walk this earth. You were most definitely the funniest!! I loved how happy go lucky you were & I promise to try to be more like you going forward. I always wanted siblings, so when you snd Diane entered my life I was over the moon happy. My kids love you so much. I love you so much. I am so proud of you and what you accomplished in life. Your family, your work, and The Farm!! I wish you could the outpouring of love. I wish you could see the stories that have made me laugh till I have cried. I can only imagine the in person stories I will hear when I meet the village of people you created. Valhalla my sweet brother. Valhalla. ❤️

Tara, Joe, our friend Sarah, and I used to have lunch together every day in the SunTrust Cafe. Joe was in charge of taking care of us, since we were all having babies around the same time. He did this as you can imagine with grace and lots of humor. He used to say people teased him about his obsession with zombies. But his belief was he was overly prepared for the zombie apocalypse. 

To quote him, he say “you make fun of me now, but when the zombie apocalypse happens who are you going to be running to? This guy!”, pointing at himself. He always had us in stitches. He was the first person we’d call if we needed anything ever.

Prayers for Tara and the kids. Joe was talking to me about Harrison’s band fundraiser last week. He was such a great coworker and friend. Always there to help with a problem personally or professionally. I am forever grateful our paths crossed, for the laughs, and for always there to lend an ear. 

I would always get a good laugh when I hadn’t talked to him in a while, we would be in a meeting together unexpectedly and he would IM me telling me to “get off his meeting”. No matter the day he could always put a smile on anyone’s face.