Wow Gretchen--I read through these quotes and saw how multi-faceted Derek really was--he was such a wise young man, he knew the important things in life.

I am so glad you have come here to share with us. It was always my hope when my friend Gala set up this room in his honor that you would come and find some comfort here. Please keep coming. Please keep sharing Derek with us. You knew him better than I, but I miss him, too. Your posts have made me cry, but they are cleansing tears--and every one of them is full of love for you lost boy. God bless you and keep you. I know He is keeping Derek safe.

Becki Ingram
English Teacher NCTHS
"Is it so bad then to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. ."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson