Adrian Pless

Hi dad, Can you believe I actually made it to 25? I think you'd be so proud of the woman I've grown to be. Though I have few memories of you, I can still look back and smile and yet feel such immense pain in my heart. In truth, I often wonder what it would have been like to have you around growing up. However, I am so grateful to have been left in the warm hands of mama. You always tried to do what was best for us..didn't you? I love you Dad and miss you every day. First born, Angel

You never met me before, but I am your cousin Kim's second daughter. Mom has told me so many great things about you. I wish I was able to meet you, but I will someday and I hope you get to do the same. I love you cousin Adrian and I know you love me too.

Missing You

Hey Uncle. I'm 19 now. I'm in college with wonderful friends and doing wonderful things I never imagined I would. It's really so strange to think about you now. I know you and can feel you and you have this undeniable draw on me, but it's like I can never get a clear view of you in my mind - it's always fuzzy. It doesn't change how I feel, though. I take back what I said about never knowing you. I just still feel robbed that I was so far away from you, but that doesn't discount any of...

I would like send my condolences to Dez's family. He was a really nice guy with a crazy sense of humor. I met him many years ago in Misawa, Japan. He was really into music and he always talked about how much he loved his mother. I was in the female singing group he created called Deztiny. Our recording sessions were always a blast and he taught me how to write songs. Although it's been 20 years since I've seen or communicated with Dez, I am genuinely saddened by his passing. I will keep those...

Another Christmas ! Your favorite time. You always called on Christmas eve to be sure I still had enough paper and tape to wrap the many gifts you bought. You always did whatever you could to be sure everyone was happy! The girls are so grown up now but I know you know that! I know you are proud of them. Andre and I talk and laugh about the funny things you guys did and we remember. We always remember! We still take it day by day, sometimes minute by minute. I often get lost in thoughts of...

Hey Uncle,
I never really got to know you, but I remember talking on the phone with you almost every single day. I wish I could remember your voice. I'm 17 now and I still think about you almost every day... I honestly don't know what to say. I never really got to say goodbye. I had to stay in California during your funeral. I'm sorry I didn't come to see you. I'm sorry we didn't bring you out to California sooner to come visit. Maybe all of this could've been avoided. Who knows? ...

Well, It's been a while, and I do miss you very much. I think about the few memories we shared and the times when I was younger and everything was so simple. Surreal, I guess you could say is the world to describe how your death took a toll on me. It felt so surreal. I'm sixteen now... wow. sixteen. A year out of many that I wish you could be here to witness. Everyone misses you, everyone loved and still loves you. There isn't a day that goes by where you aren't on my mind. So many questions...