Many Faces of Aaron

Rough and tumble was the way I saw Aaron as a little boy. Wild-Thing, was the nickname his cousins Kristopher, Amanda, Melanie, and Jaclyn called him when he learned to run before he learned to walk. Athletic was certainly a face of Aaron. Those were fun times for him. The competition was for others. Oh, Aaron would compete, but win or lose he'd be the same happy for having played-- what to do next?

When Aaron was the Big Cousin, his little cousins didn't seel him as Wild Thing. Noah called him "My Big Buddy Airn-done". The litte girls simply screamed "Aaairrr-Rennn!!" They loved him. They climbed on him, they hung on him. Alexa stared up at him as if he was some kind of wonder. Chelsea teased him in defense from his continued razzing. (Like his relationship with his little-big cousin Amanda, I often thought the two acted like brothers and sisters.) Elly and Aaron could watch TV for hours without speaking. Swimming with reckless abandon, forever, was the way Aaron and Alex-1 were connected. Little Alex was his Godson. They met once. Nicole, or Nicole-ee, was his shadow. If Aaron layed on the couch, Nicole-ee was right there. If Aaron slept, she slept. If he sat up, Nicole-ee climbed on his lap.

"Play your guitar for us Aaron" Nicole-ee and Elly pleaded last March 27th.

Good Times was his screen name.

Play your guitar for us Good Times.

Dad