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Remembering
Chris
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February
11th, Chris we visited today, sorry we couldn’t make it on
your birthday. It was cold and
raining which made picture taking difficult.
We would have driven your TR but, as you can relate, it was in the
shop. A nice young lady saw us
and stopped. She was a very
sweet person and remarked that the tree “looked so pretty at Christmas
time.” As she was walking
away she looked back and said “It is so sad."
As always, it seems that people stop here to spend a minute or two with
you and that some visit regularly. You
continue to touch people's lives.
I’m certain that you already know this but you have a namesake.
Christopher
Michael Rice was born January 3rd.
He is a good looking young man and I’m sure he will make us all
very proud.
In honor of your birthday we placed roses here as an expression of our
never ending love for you. The
guitar is a symbol of your music that we listen to each and every day.
Yes Chris, you still rock our world.
sw/2/12/2006
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In
Memoriam guest book.
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Well
Chris, another Mother’s Day and we are here to visit with you.
We brought some roses. Some
of them are pink. I
just know you will like them…Pink!...
I put a new plaque on the stand for you, one with a better
picture of you. The
other one was a bit faded. Your
mom sat by the plaque and listened to Beyond the Sun.
She is so sad, but you already know that.
Ms
Nini Galyon stopped by and talked with us for a while.
She told us that she comes to visit you often and does some
cleanup. That explains
why the site stays so neat and clean. We
learned that she is Jesse’s mom.
She told us that he is doing better and that she is very
proud of him. Moms are
very special people.
We
went to the boat and took it out on the river for a short trip. I
put a new motor mount on and it seems to work well. I
sure could have used you help with that job.
You would have laughed at me.
It brought back memories of past Mother’s Days and
out spending a couple of hours on the boat with you and your mom,
and time when you and I fixed things on the boat, mostly on
Reflection. You were
the best at taking things apart.
It is so hard. I
miss you so much. sw/5/14/2006
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Chris,
when we were here on the 6th, water completely surrounded the
tree and cherub. The
weather was just terrible; lots of lightening.
It rained so hard that we could barely see so we left flowers in a
vase, but we couldn’t get pictures. The
weather reminded me of our sail up the
Potomac River. The weather was much
improved when we came back on the 9th to bring fresh flowers
and put a new plaque on the stand. I
took some good pictures which show how much the tree has grown in four years.
I cannot believe it has been four years.
Your friends Rick Wheeler and Sean
Perry at aXis Magazine put a picture of you with the lyrics to Beyond
the Sun in the September edition.
How wonderful it was of them to do this as a tribute to you and
your music. We will always owe
them a debt of gratitude, and we know you would be pleased.
On our way home, we went by Sam Ash to see if they had copies of
aXis. We met a nice young man
there who said he knew you and remembered you from the denizens days.
He told us that the September aXis had not been delivered yet, so
he offered to save some copies for us, and when the magazines came in,
they mailed them to us. How
kind of them --- another tribute to you.
Chris, we finally got the bigger sailboat that you always talked
about. How much I wish you were here to help me sail this one.
We are working to get it cleaned up and in shape for the renaming.
As you know, tradition requires that we conduct a ceremony to
remove the original name. Another
ceremony is required to christen the boat under the new name. A
minister friend will help us with renaming our boat “Beyond the Sun.” sw/9/12/2006
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The new boat is now fully
renamed "beyond the sun" and has a beautiful sunset on its
stern. Chris, how do you like the hailing port??? We laughed a
lot while I tried to get the letters on straight, and I was pretty sure
that I could hear you laughing too. As you can see I was not
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Chris we stopped
for a visit with you and to decorate the tree while on our way north. I hope you
like the decorations and the new plaque with the sunset background.
It should last a long time before starting to fade.
Your mom
and I took "beyond the sun" out yesterday for her first sail,
and with your mom at the helm. You were there with us. sw/1/04/2007 |
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