Cheryl Knopp

Hi Sweetie! I know you're looking over my shoulder as I'm typing this. It's Valentines Day and I just wanted to tell you how much I love you. I miss you so so so much Cheryl. Some days are so great but others, like today, I'm so sad that you're not here so we could go have a toast to your friendship. It's a friendship that lasted a lifetime but the lifetime was too short. To see you smile again, laugh again...but I will see that again. I know I will.

Such a tough day for me. I'm sure it is for your family too. But it's all about the Love. And I am so lucky to have been able to have the time with you I did. I love you my friend. Always. Hey, HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

hey how are you doing mom I hope you're okay sitting around listening to Grandpa play the fiddle which is where this memory comes fromdo you remember flying to Texas to visit Grandma and Grandpa we spent a good week down there it rained really hard we or I should say was swimming in the street and then driving the station wagon from Texas in the summertime with no air conditioning man it was hot and that song black velvet kept coming on and we'd sing it together and you drive with my feet hanging out the window we stop for a couple weeks to see Lester Gene Williams Connor's dad in Enid OklahomaI think that was kind of awkward for you because she was remarried to Juliebut I remember that trip I remember all the time we spend together I love you mom I miss you

 Chief, I will never forget when you gave me that gaurdian angle coin that you said one of your friends gave to you a long time ago. I can't remember her name. But i was thrilled you were giving it to me cause I now it meant alot to you and it instantly meant the world to me It will never leave me. I love you mom

The first time I saw you, you scared the hell out of me. You had long black hair with a white streak in it. Reminded me of Pepe Le Pu   You had on gobs of makeup that covered up your gorgeous eyes. I didn't want to make eye contact with you because I didn't want the shit kicked out of me.

Kevin said the first thing you said to him was 'wtf you looking at'..lol. In time, you and he became friends and then he talked you into taking me out with you on your 'serving papers' runs. You knew that job well. Little did I know that this was the beginning of a wonderful friendship. A friendship that would last a lifetime.

My memories of you will make me smile. Our phone calls almost every day ending in 'I love you'. Oh, I will miss that. Listening to you sing 'Sweet Dreams' and knowing with one movement that 'you're feeling good'. The boob rub of course!   You rubbing your boobs,not me!  Haha I thought it was so funny that you kept your money AND your cell phone in your bra.
Our trip to the casino. I would have liked to do that again. We never did go for chinese food. I had my chance and now I shall be eating it alone.

I'll remember our conversations about your mom, your brother, and your sons. You talked equally about them and I know for a fact that you were proud of their accomplishments. You were so, so proud of them and you hurt when they hurt. You told me you needed to cut the apron strings but you knew and I knew that would never happen. Corbin and his dinosaurs. Corbin kept you home on the weekends just where you wanted to be...spending time spoiling him. Hehe, Derek said don't give Corbin candy on halloween so you went and bought a bunch for him. The big candy too!

The last words Kevin said to you were 'red on a head like a dick on a dog'. You probably flipped him off and he, you. You both loved each other and he would want to call you just to give you a bad time. My last words to you were 'I love you'.

We all know you loved us and we, you. The emptiness I feel will take time to fill up but it will as I think of the memories we had. I guess going thru the greiving process comes first. We all have something in common that we loved and it is you Cheryl. Mama will be o.k. The boys will be o.k. Your brother will be o.k. And I'll be o.k. In time.

I know you are HOME now. I love you bunches.

When I first met you 20 + years ago. Derek and I took you to meet my mom. As soon as you saw my mom you said" Birdie  Poggemeyer" Derek and I looked at eachother shocked that you already knew eachother. It turns out you were once married to my uncle Dale. From that day on you treated me like I was one of your own. I will never forget the time I spent with you. Going to see Derek in the group homes. Driving around in that station wagon. We would do things that only that were so naughty, yet so fun. Oh the good ol days! I will never forget you! You were like a second mom to me. R.I.P. Cheryl