TO ALL VISITORS OLD AND NEW

Sifting through and editing these small movies clips has been a dream of mine since I first started Chris' website. I knew along time ago a site dedicated to him would not be complete without people seeing and hearing him . It was a long time before I felt strong enough to take the many old VHS tapes and Hi 8 tapes to have converted to dvd format. I knew as soon as I did, I would then have to watch them and relive all the old memories of my son's wonderful life and I wasn't sure I had enough courage and strength to do that. But I did and it has been painful to remember his voice and see him alive and so strong and watching the movies leaves me drained emomtionally. But, after watching them, I also feel like he is still alive somehow and that feels good. I have slowly been converting those dvd's to a usable format so I can edit them into the clips you see below. This is just the beginning. Now that this new site is up and running, I will have more time to devote to editing more small pieces of Chris' life. I hope everyone of you enjoy these treasures and can laugh and cry and mostly can remember with love and longing. We miss him so much.

We hope all who visit here will download Chris' movies to play whenever you want to remember and laugh and enjoy in the only way any of us have left; in our wonderful warm memories of him. As time permits I will edit and add more movies of Chris' life. Please check back weekly for more movies.

 

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Dear Visitors and Friends,

October 2011

It has been some time since I tried to reconfigure the flash movies. Frankly, emotionally its many days hard for me to work on the website because it only brings back memories and many times pain at our loss of Christopher. But now that fall is upon us I have summoned up my courage to again try to reformat these wonderful movies so everyone who visits can quickly see and remember our son. It may take me a few days to work out the kinks but I am confident this time I can get these movies to load fast and play properly. Please be patient. Thanks again for remembering,

 

 

 

 

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* A note about this movie:

This video clip of Christopher SCUBA diving in Cancun in 2002 was taken from a video that was shot by the dive operation we were diving with. They would send someone along with the divers for the day and video tape your dives and later edit it with music and sell it to you as a memento of your adventure. There is limited face time for Chris and I culled the entire 20 minute video to find all the footage I could of him. Please excuse the choppy nature of the clips that I have assembled but it was the only way to keep from showing many of the other divers. The music is also part of the original movie and I decided to just leave it.

What I want to point out as you watch this clip is the swift current that is clearly visible during the dives and of how Chris so effortlessly maintained his buoyancy and balance. As I have written, he was an experienced diver beyond his years and his skill is displayed for you to witness. In the shot of the venomous stonefish he is holding, you can see the current blow me by in my attempt to hold it but when Chris gets to it, he not only holds it safely ( these are highly venomous and deadly) but maintains perfect buoyancy throughout the scene. He was so unbelievable and graceful. You can pick Chris out by the pink band around his tank and his blue Rockhurst t-shirt.