When I got the devastating call from UIC Motor Pool to go to Emergency that Friday, Feb 22, 2008, it was just after I had hung up with Alan...

We had just talked about the new business and his support.

We said all those loving things that two people who have shared love and life, sorrow and joy say when things seem to be going 'your way'.

I told him I loved him - he told me the same. We were so looking forward to sharing our evening together after having been apart 3 days.  

There was a tremendous amount of grace about his passing -- even though we don't like the outcome.

It is my hope that between this website and the Memorial created at the University of Illinois at Chicago, as well as the memorial at the Casa de Santa Maria in San Luis Colorado, that we will keep not only his memory but his spirit and the joy of living he shared with us alive.

Please check out the other pages on the site to learn more about Alan and the memorials established in his honor.

Thank you to everyone who has supported me and our family in our loss. While this site cannot do what we'd all like - bring BIG AL physically back to us - we can continue what he started... Enjoying each day we are given, bring a smile to each other and remember a BIG man who left a BIG impact in our lives.

With Gratitude...

Cherise