Dear Martha, Denny and Gregg,
My deepest condolences at the loss of your son and brother, Jeff. He was such a special friend to me. Big brother of my childhood best friend, drinking buddy in our early twenties and someone I looked up to and depended on in my early months of sobriety.
We shared that time together, both clean and sober, both trying to figure out how to make such a huge life change together. My heart breaks that I was not to be a life-long state for Jeff. Regardless of whatever addiction may have made him do, Jeff was, and will always be remembered for being a good friend with a kind heart. Someone who always made me laugh, who had a soft heart inside a tough exterior. Someone who would always help a friend in need, someone who loved to have fun, and someone I will always love and respect.
Marie (McDougall) Forstein