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When I was younger Aly lived right behind me so we became very good friends.
She moved to Oshkosh when I was in second grade.
We tried to keep in touch which we did through elementary school and most of middle school but once we both got to high school we only saw each other when Neenah played Oshkosh which wasnt very often.
She was such a fun girl to hang with when I was younger.
As a little girl I looked up to her so much I really wish that I had gotten the chance to know her more as young adults.
She will always be in my heart and mind as the girl that I had so much fun with and the girl that made my mom make pancakes for before school in the morning.
Here are some pictures from her childhood to show the fun girl she was even as a young girl.
   






Aly was as close to me as any person has ever been and for that I have truly been blessed. I dated Aly on and off for nearly 3 years and what a great time it was.
I will always remember the way our relationship started. I was working at a restaurant at the time and sweeping the floor.
It was nearly time to close and I was pretty tired and sick of working. When I looked up from sweeping I saw probably the most beautiful person I had ever seen.
It was Aly.
She stopped in to see what I was up to and after a somewhat uncomfortable conversation where we both didn't know what to say we decided that we made plans to see each other again.

On our first "date" of sorts we ended up going to Perkins to get ice cream. We sat in a booth and just talked for an hour or so.
She was so warm and receptive I just knew at that point that I wanted her to be my girl. I always remember the constant smile on her face that night while sitting in the booth.
She was and is truly beautiful. Well after the Perkins fiasco I drove Aly home (in my mom's car). We parked on the street when we pulled up to the house.
I got out and leaned against the car and Aly walked around the front of the car to say her goodbye. I remember being so nervous because I really wanted to kiss the girl and didn't know how to approach it.
Well after mustering up the guts I went for it and leaned in and kissed her. We both smiled and made plans to see each other again. From that night on we were as close as any two people could be.

I give thanks everyday for being allowed to have Aly in my life.
After almost two years in college I have yet to meet someone that compares with Aly's warmth, understanding, and love of life.
I always loved you Aly and always will.
I hope I get the chance to see you again someday. May your days be warm and sun-filled.

Love Always Ben Zuehlsdorf





   

Some of my favorite memories with Alyssa are from the summer of ’01. We used to go to the Red Granite Quarries every chance we got. We would swim all day long until our hands and feet had wrinkles.
We often spent the nights at Tanner and Sara’s with all of our closest friends, doing what we do best, making each other smile.
I miss Alyssa’s beautiful smile and her warm sense of humor the most, but I could never forget them. Alyssa always helped me appreciate what I had, and we could always learn something new from one another.

When she passed on, she took with her a piece of my heart, I am sure along with many others.
I imagine her watching over me, along with all of the others she loved so much and it helps me make it through every day.
I will leave you with the lyrics from what Alyssa and I called “our Dave song”. I’m known for singing, dancing, laughing, and crying whenever this song comes on.
Hopefully you can take something meaningful from this song too.

“ Come and see. I swear by now I’m playing time, I against my troubles. I’m coming slow but speeding. Do you wish a dance, and while I’m in the front my play on time is won, but the difficulty is coming here.
I will go in this way, and find my own way out. I won’t tell you to stay, but I’m coming to much more. Me. All at once the ghosts come back, reeling in you now. What if they came down crushing? Remember when I used to play for all of the loneliness that nobody notices now? I’m begging slow, I’m coming here only waiting. I wanted to stay, I wanted to play, I wanted to love you.

I’m only this far, and only tomorrow leads my way. I’m coming back waltzing and moving into your head. Please, I wouldn’t pass this by, and I wouldn’t take any more than. What sort of man goes by? I will bring water. Why wont you ever be glad? It melts into wonder. I came in praying for you. Why wont you run into rain and play, and let tears splash all over you?”


-I love you Alyssa, always will- Lindsay Tedlie

  

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