As long as I can, I will continue to remember my best friend Dennis every year. Today marks 5 years from the day he passed away. I miss him. I miss texting jokes back and forth. I miss his sense of humor. He was always in a good mood and always fun to be around. He was an accomplished guitar player and taught me everything I know. He taught me so many songs as we played in various bands over the years. Meeting Dennis in the back of that 10th grade Geometry class was fate. There would be no guitarist Chuck without him. I miss him.
Retirement Ain't Easy 
Hi. I’ve been waiting for your post remembering Dennis. Thank you. I met Dennis at SFA back in1984 . I was sitting on a concrete bench between the Student Union and the Music building before my sign language class began. He walked up and said HI and sat down
We became friends immediately. I’d see him in the Student Union and we’d walk outside to that concrete bench and he’d play the guitar for me. I really liked being around him because I could be myself. I went to Jazzman and bought a cool.old fashioned Valentines card. Signed it…your secret admirer and sent it to him
I mentioned it to a friend and he said: Debra! He has a girlfriend. Ann!” I was like what…okay. I thought to myself… I don’t care if he does. I really want to be his friend
So…the next time we hung out I told him it was me that sent the card and that I wouldn’t have if I had known he had a girlfriend. he laughed and thanked me and said he showed the card to Ann. Lol
I just wanted to be his friend and he just wanted to be mine so we continued to hang out together.
I went to a house party near the north loop.where your band Second Chance was playing. I’ve got many more memories of Dennis at SFA and afterwards. The last time I talked to him he wanted to leave the company he was working at and said he might as well had stayed working where he had been. He couldn’t tolerate employees who shirked work to spend time in office gossip and politics. Now that I know he was in MENSA it all.makes sense.
Dennis was so freaking talented in everything he got into. His photos on FB were extremely professional..I was blown away. I lost contact with Dennis when my phone got wet while fishing. I wish I hadn’t gotten off FB and then put off getting back on just to contact Dennis. I thought I had time. I feel bad about it, I feel guilty.. a nervous void in my life.
Thank you for remembering Dennis… so that zi could remember him with you.He was so good to me.
-Debra Ireland
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