Date: Wed 01/22/03 08:54AM
From: Kristen Knutson
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Message: My family and I lived across the street from Steve and Lisa when Tyler was
born. I was eleven at the time, and I remember thinking how cool it was that
Tyler would have Halloween as his birthday. My mom, Elsie, ran a daycare out
of our home (and still does) and little Tyler and later Erin became a big
part of our family. I remember watching him toddle around our back yard,
playing in the sandbox with him and the other kids, reading him books and
helping him to hold Erin when she was small. When I was in junior high I
spent many a weekend night at Steve and Lisa's, babysitting Tyler and Erin.
Tyler was a sweet, funny, beautiful, active little boy who adored his little
sister (and who also loved to tease her) and who could sometimes, as they
say, be "a real handful." Even at age 2, however, he possesed such charm and
humor that it was impossible to stay mad at him. From the memories I have
read on this site, it sounds as if the same was true at 18. I am saddened
that I didn't know Tyler very well as a young adult, but knowing that he had
the same sense of joy he had as a child makes me smile. It hurts to be
writing this from Colorado rather than from my family's home in Fargo; I
wish I could be closer right now. To Lisa, Steve and Erin I send all my love
and prayers. I feel extremely blessed to have known Tyler and to have had
both he and Erin in such a large part of my own childhood. God bless.
love,
Kristen Knutson
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