Joel Cryer

I miss you, Joel. You were a second brother to me and now my first brother, combat control in SE Asia, is 14 weeks in to chemo for stage 4 cancer. Austin has changed so radically I am sure you would be living somewhere where there a genuine human beings. But where that could be, I do not know. You are still in my mind and heart. Tom

Miss you buddy. Memory of build with you, Brent, Rubin, and Yama.

Joel, I think of you many, many times now. You were a second brother to me and a second self. My own family has been taken from me in these last years by death and distance. My own true brother 700 miles away now has cancer. So the memories of you and our seeing each other so often and talking through the things of life are keen and deeply felt. Another year begins of you as a ghost friend and brother and exemplary human being. We miss you and without you a central piece is missing from the...

Joel, my good friend; the world needs your honesty and fortitude more than ever. So sad you left us way too soon... Shala kahle.

More Joel mishegas...taking confession of a co-worker on a build in China.

Thank you, Tom and Kathy for sponsoring this page in honor of Joel. Every year the reminder gives me an opportunity to pause and reminisce on times past. And I appreciate it. The memories are so strong. Even as I try to write this simple note in remembrance, my mind wanders off to 1973 and all those years I lived with Joel. Looking back, those years are a snapshot of what Austin was like and what we were like back then. So much has changed, I wonder what Joel would think. (Elaine, what do...

Dear Joel, You have been irreplaceable as a friend and as my second brother. We have moved and in the moving I came across a birthday card that you wrote to me in 2006, when we had known each other for 12 years. You thanked me for being a good and true friend. You were that to me while living and breathing and you are that to me right here and now. You we/are good and decent and kind and helped others move towards their better selves and not give up hope when they moved for a time the other...

Hi Joel! You passed away January 23, 2011, and it seems like yesterday. I want you to know that your business is still thriving and we are building courses for children that are ultra accessible for children of all abilities. It survived because of your family and good friends who shared their knowledge with us. Thank you for everything you taught me and all the laughter and the near brushes...with death. LOL! I'm sure you are striking a pose in your VW van in the great hereafter.

Wish you were here....