writing good things about jeremy is the saddest thing i have ever done but at least it is an easy task, still in hysterics i hope this is readable. i have nothing but great memories of times spent or conversing with him. i considered him one of the most easy going people i have encountered in the past few years. i first remember meeting jeremy in santa cruz on 10/14/00 after a disco biscuit show(although we may have been introduced before that night)......i distinctly recall standing in front of the venue trying to figure out where me and the kids i was riding with were going to stay. then steps in jeremy, insisting that we come join him and a few others in a hotel room that he already had. at that point in time i knew none of the people in that hotel room, some of which are now my best friends and my second family......jeremy was even nice enough to let me have some bed space that night......next to him :) hahaha now that i think about it, it was such a funny evening to begin what would be a friendship that ill never forget. another night that stands out from that week was when i was not allowed into a show due to my young age, jeremy spent SO much energy trying to argue my way in.....it just such a kind thing to do for a young girl who he met 2 days earlier.....just an example of the kindness and positive energy that poured out of him.
most of my memories of times spent with jeremy are also coincidently my favorite nights that i have spent travelling the country. me and him always got along more than most people did because our personalities were so similar.....i really cant express how much i will miss him.....i am truly honored to have known him and to even become closer with him throughout the past year as he went through some enormous changes in his life. it made me a happier person to see each and every step of this from the moment he told me that keara was having a baby until last week when i was talking to him about the engagement party/wedding. through some talks, he gave me some extremely on point advice that although i didnt heed his warnings eventually i heard the 'i told you so' and listened from there on in to what he had to say, basically because he was so similar to me just a few years ahead. last october when i was in florida for the biscuit shows i went over his place after the ft. lauderdale show on 10/14 which happened to be exactly 2 years since that night in santa cruz where we met.....we stayed up talked about the paths that both our lives were heading.....and that we both had some rough spots but that would just be learning experiences for the rest of our lives......since that night we have talked a lot and i smiled everytime i got sent another picture of skylar......who i am happy i got to see with her dad and mom 3 weeks ago on father's day weekend, it was so great to see him with his daughter in his arms.....it truly touched my heart to see the gleaming look in his eyes.....although im still in tears, its kind of comforting to know that he was so happy at the time of his death.....everything falling completely into place....every phone call from him was just one of excitement about either skylar, keara and even that he was back doing the business that he loves. yesterday i said to my friends that tears flow alot better than words......its just so hard to express in writing how much i will always love and miss jeremy......he is the perfect example of a great person, great friend, great son, great father and great fiance......an honest and caring person who did everything in life to keep a perfect balance of making himself and his friends live great, happy lives.......knowing him definitely changed my existence for the better....and i really mean that.....he was such a positive force in my life......hugs and kisses to all his family!!!!!
MUCH LOVE,
Lisa Klein