This is my favorite picture of Stosh that I had to share. I think it was taken at dinner for David's birthday a couple of years ago.I really didn't want to take the limelight away from David's beautiful messages but I thought it was my turn to share my memories of the big goofy guy. I'll try to do it without shedding a tear or being to mushy but we'll see how it goes.
I wasn't as fortunate as some to have known Stosh his whole life or mine for that matter. I was married into knowing him 5 years ago. I met Stosh in 2002 only a couple of days after moving to Illinois when Joe called and asked David and I if we wanted to meet him and Stosh for breakfast as Stosh had just got into town the night before. We met at Skandia House in Antioch, I was a little nervous, same as I was when I first met David's side of the family. I had heard a lot about this person called "Stosh"and was looking forward to finally meeting him. In walked Joe and this big giant guy, right away I got a big hug from him without even knowing me.
The day after Joe died as David posted in the previous blog we had concert tickets but didn't really want to go in light of Joe's passing but we were told that Joe would of wanted us to go. I now have Stosh's T-shirt from that show and I will always treasure it as a memory of him.
Stosh was one of the first few people to find out that we were expecting and when he found out about the due date he was very excited, you see she was due two days after his birthday. He was crazy, he was really hoping that Jenna would be born on his birthday, January 20, so he could share it with his newest niece. He even brought his big tow truck to the hospital to see us when I was induced, still having wished she came on his birthday. The first time he met Jenna she was about 2 months old, it was so cute, he was afraid he would break her.
A few weeks later he stayed over night to help David with something, so I would take him home the next morning. The village didn't pick up our dead Christmas tree so he offered to put it on the "burn pile" at his house. I had the big truck (Ford F-250) that day so we started to drive in the yard behind the house and proceeded to get it stuck in the mud. For the hour we were stuck I never saw him stress out about having the truck stuck in the mud. We rocked the truck back and forth, he dug out around the tires put boards down, I guess he saw the stress on my face and kept saying "don't worry sis we'll get it out" and finally we got it out only after it was down in the mud to the running boards. On solid ground he let out a big whoooo hoooo, Stosh was so proud of the mud he ran in the house to get the camera before he washed all the mud off (hopefully if they haven't been deleted I'll try to post the pictures he took of the truck).
It's kind of silly of the things you think after a person is gone but I kept thinking "wow, who will help me with the trailer now?" "How am I going to make sure it's ready for winter without him".
The big guy could get under your skin sometimes and would always ask me and I'm sure many others too "would you be my friend?" I guess I should of said "Yes".
I was an only child and I always felt like Stosh was my brother too. Man I'm really gonna miss him!!!!!
The big guy could get under your skin sometimes and would always ask me and I'm sure many others too "would you be my friend?" I guess I should of said "Yes".
I was an only child and I always felt like Stosh was my brother too. Man I'm really gonna miss him!!!!!
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You know it's really funny, how you think who's gonna help you...I thought about that so much, who's going to help Tony work on cars? Who is going to help us move big things? LOl!
Here's a good story for you.
A couple of years ago I decided to take a automotive class. I thought then at least maybe I could understand what the guys were talking about when they were working on cars, maybe I could work on things with Tony and Kris. I don't know, maybe it was a silly thing to do, but I really enjoyed the class. I remember having to pratice taking out a car battery at home cleaning the cables and putting it back in (one of the first things we had to learn).
So, Tony pulled his bronco into the garage and I took his battery out, and cleaned what ever needed to be cleaned. While I was doing this Stosh pulled up in our driveway, saw me and said "What's the lil' mechanic up too?" I laughed and finished what I was doing. And went in the house for something. When I came back out, Tony had pulled his truck out of the garage and Kris pulled his car in the garage. Kris looked at me and said "My turn!" So, he made me pull his battery out and clean the cables and stuff and put it back in. When I was done both Tony and Kris were trying to figure out who else they could call over and get me to take out more batteries. I looked at both of them and said "NO" I got enough pratice and I wasn't doing anymore cars. But, if they could have, they would of made me do it 50 more times!
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