Billy F. Carr, Jr 11/2/81 - 7/9/04
I'll never forget that Sunday morning when I saw your face in the obituaries in the news paper.
No. It couldn't be.. Not my Billy....
Billy was one of the funniest people I've ever known. These photos were photos taken out of a Princess photo album that he had put together for me as a Birthday gift. All the pictures represented our memories. In the Happy Batmitzvah card that he had given me along with it, he wrote:
Hey Tara,
I remembered the expression on your face the first time I followed you to watch your film develop. You were so excited. I remember you told me you loved pictures. So I thought I'd take some pictures of myself and our memories. Isn't that what pictures are for? I got a picture of everything from your obsession with the number one to your obsession with ice cream, from those times I could never pronounce the word "Andrea", to those times we sang to Brittney Spears, from Paul M. Sawyer to the foot game, plus many more.
I love memories too and for the last six months we've had plenty of them. So sit back, relax, and remember the times.
Love,
Billy
At the time I never realized just HOW special that card and this photo album would one day be to me. He (and everyone else) always referred to me as a princess, and in that top picture, he actually got on top of his Bronco in the middle of Princess Lane and had his friend take the picture. That's a mad busy road too. LOL The next picture, hahaha
Billy was half Korean, half white. He'd always make jokes about himself and say things like, 'Well I can only see half of what you can see'....
We spent years together at Hudson Valley Community College. It's only a two year college but people in our group stayed there for three....or even more. LOL Hey, ever been to HVCC?? IT ROCKS!! I didn't even wanna leave after three.
I'll never forget, New Year's Eve 2003, Jillian's night club. I was barely standing (I know...OLD me), all of a sudden a huge fight between a group of men broke out right in front of me. It was a really bad one, too. Billy came flying across the room and pushed me back and stood in front of me, protecting me so I wouldn't get hurt. I was bigger then Billy too!!! Dunno why, but I'll never forget that. Thank you for that, I never did thank you for that!
You were a popular guy, Billy, and I know you're missed by A LOT of people.
Miss you lots.......
Love,
Tara
2 comments:
Now that you've got me crying, I figured I'd share a memory of Billy. FYI to all of you Tara blogger fanatics, Billy and I attended a little private school together, St. Brigid's. Back in the days of Miss Roy's class (5th grade), she had a rule that you had to write your name on the chalk board to use the bathroom. One day, while Miss Roy was in a reading group (remember the Scholastic club and free personal pan pizzas from Pizza Hut? Yeah, that one.) Well the rest of us not in the group were to sit at our desks quietly and work individually. I had been waiting patiently for someone to come back from the bathroom so that I could go (desperately had to). Well, apparently Billy had the same idea. So the person comes back, erases her name off of the board and I am walking up to write mine. Who's along side me, but Mr Carr looking to do the same. We both stare each other down intensely. We both start to write out name on the board (in the little box appropriated for this very purpose. From here it's all out war..Billy and I are erasing each other's names and trying to rewrite our own fighting for the right to pee. This went on for a few minutes until we started getting vocal and drew Miss Roy's attention. From there we were both reprimanded. And no one was allowed to go to the bathroom lol. Fun times it was. Here's to Billy.
I still can't believe you knew Billy!! This story made me crack up all over again. You told it even better this time!
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