dave

the most important and influential people in my life, i believe, are my grandparents, and i have them to thank for EVERYTHING in my life. this especially rings true for my grandfather, who will live on forever in my heart (and, as education was so important to him, watch from the best seat in the house as i continue on my path to getting the best education i'm capable of recieving). i believe that god (or whoever or whatever you might believe in) made one mistake and one mistake only when grandparents were invented, and that one mistake is that the difference in age between one and one's grandparents is (in most cases) so great that one only gets to cherish the company of one's grandparents for such a limited amount of time.

the other people important in my life, in somewhat of an order, are my parents, my brothers, cousins (all over the world), aunts and uncles, and close friends.