Monday, August 20, 2007

R.I.P. Ryan

Last week we lost a truly unique person. I remember Ryan when my sister Suzanne first became friends with him; he was a smart, quick-witted kid the kind of person you know is special even at twelve years old. One of my favorite memories of Ryan is when he came to my house with one of his friends to see if Suzanne was home but she was not, so instead he hung out with me and my best friend and we convinced him to throw Play-Doh at this mean old lady (Fat Nancy) that lived next door to us. We were not actually throwing it at her, we were throwing it at her mean dog, but it was soooo funny and boy did I get in trouble when Fat Nancy called my mom….lol
Another one of my favorite days with Ryan was the #1 Bitch Night! I had recently broken up with my loser boyfriend and was devastated. Suzanne, Daniela, and I were doing tequila shots, my shot glass sad “# 1 Bitch” on it and Ryan came by to hang out. I got very drunk that night, but I can’t remember laughing harder, Ryan helped take away some of my pain with his smiling face and his wonderful sense of humor. But that was Ryan; he was one of the funniest people I have ever met in my entire life. He could always make you smile, even when you were trying not to.
Ryan was friends with my sister for a lifetime before he became her boyfriend. He was a good friend and an even better boyfriend to my sister. They had so much fun together whether they were cooking dinner, traveling, attending a concert or baseball game, getting crafty, doing at home spa treatments, carving pumpkins, or watching TV. Ryan made an ordinary day extraordinary and we were all lucky to have him in our lives, even for this short period of time. Ryan you will be missed.

R.I.P
Ryan W. Allison
8/17/1977 - 8/13/2007