# Friends

March 10 is fast approaching and it’s going to be our birthday soon. However, this year I’ll be the only one who will be celebrating my birthday so I know my birthday will not be the same again. I’ll be celebrating it but, at the back of my mind, I’ll be thinking of you and I’m missing yo...

Claudia Kaegi Smith.   My life companion, best friend, wonderful mother of our children, patient long-suffering partner, and now my wife. Where should I start?  At the beginning is probably the best place. We’ve been together for over twenty years.  I first met her in the office pretty much ...

Happy Easter 2018 from Tributize Easter is a special holiday for many people. It's the first big holiday after winter as the days start to get longer and we look forward to warmer weather. Originally a Christian holiday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, it has also become a popular occasion ...

The tribute below is from a letter that I received from my daughter Jackie when returning from the Honor Flight on October 3rd of last year.  The Honor Flight, is a one day trip given for Veterans to visit the war related memorials and monuments in Washington D.C.   The flights are sponsored and ...

A week back on #InternationalWomenDay, I decided it is time to write a tribute to the person that matters most in my life. My best friend, my partner in crime - my wife Natalya. It's time for me to say a massive thank you to Natalya Walker. Natalya is my wife, my best friend and she pushed both o...

Mary Ann Holser was a dear friend. She helped me, a single parent, and my son and if she had not helped me, we would have been homeless.  The house I was renting in Eugene, OR was bought for investment by a Korean and his realty company told me I had to be out in 2 weeks (right at finals time--my ...

When we first met I never thought she was going to be something more than another random person in my life. At the time I was the lead vocalist for a Hard Rock band called Naked Sky and I was being introduced to new people all of the time. As a matter of fact she claims that I don't even remember th...

I got to know Kelvin in college. He is a very outgoing and confident person. Usually, he would be the one starting a conversation and get everyone to participate since he dislikes leaving anyone out. As a socially awkward person who was more reserved and had lesser to share in a conversation, I felt...