As requested from Devan Cronin that the speeches from Gordo BassWobble funeral be posted on fb for everyone to hear, here is mine: I have known Gordo and his family a little over 18 years. When I first moved into my home in Sutherland in the mid 90s I noticed a wire fence in the back yard. I would always see two kids by the name of Devan and Gordo in the back yard. Devan came to the fence and there started our friendship, we were inseparable. We would play as kids and we would both get annoyed with Gordo trying to play with us, sometimes we would let him. As time went on Devan and I grew apart but Gordo and I grew much closer. When they moved to Sutherland in a house across the street from mine Gordo and I started to hangout a little more than often than what we used to. Gordo, Tk, and Michael used to ride their bikes to my house and play basketball or watch movies or just stand outside and chat. When I got my drivers license and Gordo started high-school, I used to drive him to school every morning. We used to talk about a lot of things, the girls he was into and the boys I was into but most of all we just talked about life. But what bothered me the most is one day he told me he wanted to drop out of high-school. From then on out he got lectured every other day of why he should finish, and how much of an accomplishment it would be. I told him I dont know how many times that he was a lot more than what he thought he was. He was extremely smart, but he would never use it. He would always just smile at me and say whatever and roll down the window in my car light a cig then he would ask me to turn my subs on to one of his songs and I would smile and ok as long as you promise me to graduate. every time he said he will then he would go on as I look over he would be wobbling his head to the beat of the song and smoke. He would catch me smiling at him and he always returned a smile back. Some evenings after I graduated he would ask to come over and have a cig ( sorry Mollie but he would ask me to buy them sometimes and I would, I rather him ask me than someone he didnt know) He would come over sit on the front or back porch and just talk, we would talk about anything and everything but mostly he would ask me for advice. But sometimes I couldnt give him the advice that he wanted. I would tell him to follow his gut do whats right, and dont do anything stupid like lighting your farts on fire again! I have to admit when I left high-school I worried about him a lot. He was prone to take the wrong path. But the day he told me he graduated I knew he was changing, I knew he could do it. I kept telling him how proud I was of him and he would have the biggest, brightest smile every time I did. Once he graduated we didnt hang out as much but whenever one of us was outside we would always make it a point to have a chat, a wave, a smile and a laugh. The one thing I cant forget was when he blew up and egg in my mail box. He didnt think I knew it was him but that Saturday morning at 7am I marched to his house got him up and said you blew up an egg in my mail box! He smirked shrugged his shoulders. I told him do you realize how bad that smells it being mid summer?! He said YA it sucks for whoever has to clean it and he laughed and smiled. Then I lifted up a rag and a bucket of soapy water, and I said yea it really does suck and handed it to him that smile and smirk on his face quickly went away! The last time I saw him was probably. Week or two ago. I was passing his house when I got off work I slowed down rolled my window down we both yelled hey with a wave and a smile. But I never, or even once thought that was the last time we would ever talk, wave, smile, or hear his laugh again. One thing that I am glad of and in sure many are is that he passed away on a good path in life. He didnt have to ask me for advice anymore he finally got it, understood it, and yet he made it so simple. He will always be my little brother that I never had. Rest in peace Gordo always know you have made an impact on many people and have touched so many lifes than you could ever imagine. I never told you out loud, but I have always loved you, I think you always knew that though. Keep your bright happy smile on your face up there. I love you and I miss you dearly.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 01:28:22 +0000
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