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Tuesday
16:31
12.05.2006 |
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Tim |
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My A.S.K. Armband broke and i thought i would go on wemissandrew then i got a little upset and went on this site again
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123 |
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Wednesday
21:26
11.22.2006 |
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Jay |
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Andrew,
I heard "Last Kiss" by Pearl Jam on the radio today on the way home. I still remember when you sang that in the talent show. I remember people being really impressed because you did the song with no music and still sounded really good.
I also remember sitting there thinking that it really took guts for you to get up and sing an entire song in front of so many people. I knew I could never have done that at your age and thought about how great it was that you were so outgoing at such a young age.
So many things remind me of you everyday.
Miss you... 
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122 |
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Tuesday
15:29
11.21.2006 |
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Andrews Dad |
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Andrew Thanks for being my Eagle Angel I know that you watched over me and had the right people there to help me. My love for you , your brothers and sister, mom, and everyone is giving me the strength I need here to get better. Thank you toall whom still write as you have no idea how much it warms my heart when I read them. Love Dad
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121 |
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Monday
18:48
10.23.2006 |
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Mike |
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Three years ago, I had to have an operation on my ankle to replace torn ligaments, and I was out of commission for a while. I had to stay and sleep upstairs, but my bedroom - and my movie collection - were downstairs. During the weeks I was recovering, Andrew helped me out by running downstairs to get a stack of movies for me, getting me something to eat or drink, or just hanging out with me.
I think about Andrew every day. A little memory will come back to me, for any number of reasons. Sometimes I consciously think of a special time I had with Andrew. But even more often than that, something in my everyday life reminds me of him. I'll hear a song on the radio, or see a picture at work, or watch a TV show, and I am always reminded of Andrew. My brother and my friend.
I miss you so much, Andrew. I keep going as we all have to do, but I'm missing a big piece of myself. I love you, little brother.
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120 |
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Sunday
13:19
10.15.2006 |
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Andrew's MOM |
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I've been trying to put away some of your things, and I came across a picture of an alien that you bought down the shore. It reminded me of when you loved aliens so much, I think you were in 4th or 5th grade. For your birthday party, we were going to have an alien theme, with a pinata that looked like an alien. You got really upset thinking about the other kids using a bat on your little alien (he did look alot like a little kid!), so we made another pinata the night before the party that looked like a UFO instead. IT was so thick, because we used your famous duck tape to keep it together before we spray painted it, that no one could bust it open! You had that little alien pinata hanging in your room since. I miss you, my son.
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119 |
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Saturday
22:42
10.14.2006 |
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Jay |
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We had a laugh today remembering something you used to do. We saw that old commercial where everyone was yelling "Wazzzup!!!" and Alyssa reminded me about how you used to call Megan and yell that into the phone. That was good entertainment for everyone but Megan for several weeks (or months).
We miss you everyday, little bro.
More than ever.
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118 |
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Saturday
09:30
10.14.2006 |
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Sarah |
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As the seasons are changing so are the noises we all hear outside. Andrew and I would go for walks down my road because we'd never want to waste a beautiful day or night inside. As we walked down the road, noises would come out of the field or the woods. I would always have to ask "What's making that noise?" Within seconds of asking Andrew would answer with a name and an explaination of the creature. I'd just stare at him, fascinated by how much he knew about a single noise. I still remember every thing he explained to me while on our walks. Now when I walk down my road and hear something I call out the name of the animal making the noise and think of Andrew with a smile on my face.
I miss and love you
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117 |
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Monday
20:28
10.09.2006 |
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Megan |
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Andrew realized the importance of money at an early age by running a store in our hallway. He was quite smart about his merchandise, it was our stuff. If we were ever missing something we always knew to ask Andrew and he would say, "well now that you mention in..." And his store would be set up in the hallway on an upside down laundry basket. Here he would sell everything from the nail clippers to my Lamberta, anything he thought he could successfully sell back to us. We would always buy our stuff back too, he was very reasonable. It was funny though because you would always know that if your things were missing, Andrew probably had it and was waiting to sell it back to you.
One hot summer day my family walked outside to find Andrew with a huge deer skull. He was pulling the deer's teeth out with pliers. We were all pretty confused but when we asked him what he was doing he very patiently explained to us that he was going to put the teeth under his pillow for the Tooth Fairy so that he could get more money and she could have more teeth. He thought it was the perfect plan. It was so cute and we all laughed so hard before we explained to him that the Tooth Fairy only wanted human teeth. His innocense was so cute.
I never thought I could miss someone so much, Andrew. You are forever on my mind and I will never forget what an amazing person and brother you were and always will be. I love you and miss you more each day.
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116 |
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Saturday
19:56
09.23.2006 |
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Britt Van Ness |
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Mr. and Mrs. Kries,
I have had apoem that I wrote a whuile ago about Andrew and I had showed it too my English teacher and she really wanted me to send it to you guys but I was always a little to shy and uneasy about it beign as we barely knew each other. But I jsut found out not to long ago that my mom knows your family and so does my brother. My brother ( Wayne Van Ness ) was apparently friends with Jason when Andrew and I were jsut babys. I knew got to be friends with him but I guess this jsut makes it a little easier to show you the peom I wrote. I hope you enjoy it.
Spring’s Breaking Point of 2006
Written by: Brittany Van Ness
What a world to be remembered by,
What a world he loved.
Fathers outlive their own sons
Blood is taken for oil in account of our survival.
What tragedies he lived with!
The past took grasp,
This was not to be a part of his life, Thank God.
It was of no conversation of his.
Careless thoughts and joyful times evolved
No misery was welcomed.
They weren’t kidding when they said,
“life is short”
He ashamed us; the hallways look longer than this life of his.
There’s no going back,
The doors of his expectancy were put to a close in one treacherous day.
Let not your tears fall,
Though we egknowledge it to be far too soon
Know they have been opened again in another place
When the wind blows.
His memories shall pass yet one last time.
Lingering here forever.
He’s emotions replay
In the down pours of rain;
This is his sadness.
He misses us just as we do him.
These halls will forever be changed
As we say goodnight at a wake that wasn’t meant to be.
The sky is now blessed with a soul,
That once was ours.
As grieving lessons the days go by,
One by one he calls our names
To the place we meet again.
We love and miss you Andrew Sean Kries. April 9, 2006 will never leave our minds nor our hearts.
* forgive me for shwoing you this so late. *
--- Britt Van Ness
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115 |
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Monday
13:54
09.18.2006 |
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Andrew's MOM |
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A funny story...When Jay and Alyssa were going to be married, 2 years ago, Andrew was, of course, in the wedding. Before the rehersal, we all went to the tuxedo store for the last fitting. Well, whoever measured Andrew's inseam must have been half blind, because the pants were about 10 inches too short. He had on white socks and his dirty old sneakers,and out he comes dancing looking just great from the waist up, but hideous from the knees down. Everyone in the store was hysterical laughing at him. Miss you, Andrew.
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