best man, shawn richardson, some of you may know my brother from his blogging days when he was in iraq. not much since then in the blog world, but he's my little bro. we grew up together, fought each other, got in trouble together, fought fires together, did our emt years together, worked many jobs together, graduated college, and even shared a checking account at one time. at one point we were known as "the richardson boys" we even had a corresponding email. when shawn got married a few years ago people asked me how i was going to handle being on my own now.... to that i just said i've been their third wheel for years, i didn't see marriage changing that.
shawn's been my bro and best friend in so many ways for as long as i can remember. fun part is that we do so much similar stuff but we are way different it makes those family dynamics come out big time. love my bro, he's the best ever! a no brainer for a best man
groomsman, chris short, also known as "shorty." chris has been one of my best friends since 6th grade. we sat next to each other in class, got know each other through street hockey and hockey trading cards (which is funny cause we still tease him on trying to steal some cards to this day). we spent our young teen years playing hockey, skateboarding, bmx, golf, and skiing. i like to claim that i taught chris how to play golf, which i can hang my hat as he's a certified golf pro. currently he's on a hiatus from pro play, but is anticipating a return.
many of our stories together have something to do with getting into trouble, not because we were especially bad, but that we were really bad of getting away with it. so those stories stay hidden away from blog. i remember days of riding skateboards & bmx bikes all over south jersey, delaware & maryland (i'm being literal too, 40 mile days were commonplace). we started our 'ski trip' tradition before we graduated high school, which.. well i can't share those stories either. one story i can share, is that chris tried to teach me surfing. it was an annual south jersey umc event, i went down with the church and hit the shore. chris taught me to get past the break and how to come back... 2 hours later i made it past the break and said, "this is hard" to this chris said, "it's even harder since there is a hurricane down of south carolina, these waves are big!" yeah, thanks chris!
the picture is the three of us, shawn, chris & me at prom '93. shawn is junior and before his long blonde hair was cut off for military duty.
