Stories of the Storyteller

Donny Baldridge I believe every time we meet someone they are put in a bubble. We mentally put place them in the location and the activity we first met them at, and the first time we see them out of place, you know like the first time you saw your 1st grade teacher at the…

mari.arias.selva@gmail.com Andrew, what a journey! Beatriz introduced us to you and because she loved you, we did too. We had great times together hanging out, watching soccer games, going out, partying and sometimes we partied way too much! We were really living life at its fullest. We will always remember you for your courage and…

Andrew was a man of many talents but properly opening food packaging (or any other type of wrapping to be honest) was not one of them. I’ve always found it so bizarre that he could make delicate drawings or so carefully brush and style Olivia’s hair (or mine at times!) but he was just impaired…

Andrew and I have loved each other and shared our lifes for almost a decade. It’s hard to put into words what Andrew means to me and to fully encapsulate with words who he was in a way that gives him justice because it felt as if he was made out of magic. Whenever you…

jpbrewe2@gmail.com It is impossible to consolidate all my best memories of Andrew. In our closest moments together in high school we experienced and lived so much. A couple of our rituals involved pizza and music whenever we were together. Often, while in high school and even afterwards, we would always meet up at Elizabeth’s pizza…

vane_s@hotmail.com Me and my husband had the pleasure of taking pics of Bea & Andrew’s wedding; and looking at them that day was looking at two beautiful souls coming as one.Andrew always looked at Beatriz with the eyes of someone who’s truly in love, he never stopped looking at her like his one and only.…

leenarby@gmail.com The triple pat-down, Andrew invented this and I think of it every time I leave the house….maybe you will too! Keys, wallet, phone. Makes sense, and makes you laugh, just like the inventor. I loved his quick wit and observation of minor life occurrences.

zbwelborn@gmail.com Andrew was the first guy from UNCG I threw frisbee with. He was repping UNCG Ultimate at one of those booths for new students to learn about campus organizations. We threw for maybe 10 or 15 minutes, and it was awesome. This one little moment changed everything for me. Before I knew it, I…

Our meeting with Andy was a happy coincidence that we remember photographically as if it was taken from a movie. The feeling then was as if we were reunited with a lifelong friend. Literally. Daily magic meant that from that day on we stepped into Andrew more and more, much more. Our daily route always…

Andrew, Bea and Olivia where part of the school of our kids in Spain. We spent many afternoons in the park running after them, feeding each others kids and fighting with them to go home. It was very intense and lovely at the same time. In the picture (*ref. photo Friend in Spain) we were…