To my beloved Gus. As steel and mortar crumbled to the Earth that brilliant September morning, an angel was lifted from the ashes to awaken the heavens. Three months later, it is so difficult to wrap our minds around the sheer devastation of your loss. Truly, the shining star of the family was taken away from us for a reason we cannot quite grasp. Your cerebral presence is forever embedded within our hearts. We love you so very much.

It was our honor to call you "friend." Always with a smile on your face and ready with a joke, your love for family and life is our encouragement and what helps us go on. We miss you.