• Cliff Garrett (Boyfriend)
• Cheryl Helgestad (Mom)
• Marshall Gilbert (Dad)
  (2/27/1954 - 3/12/2005)
• Jennifer Bridges (Sister)
• Jade Helgestad (Sister)
• John Helgestad (Stepdad)
  (8/18/1961 - 5/5/2002)
• Chris Nagy (Friend)
• Kelly Ward (Friend)

A truer statement has never been uttered. While I do think of the place I reside as my home, I can never imagine not thinking of the place I grew up as home. Home is the people who made me the way I am today. Home is the place I remember from my childhood that I sometimes long for so bad I hurt. Home is the people I love more than anything in the world. And while I know I'll never live in that house again with my family, I know that I'll always think of it as home.

To me, my family includes not only the people I am related to by blood but also the friends I know who will never let me down. My definition of family is people that support you through the good times and bad. Since I no longer desire to have only "fair weather" friends, I look for people that I can include in my family structure. The special people in my life that I love more than anything and for whom I would do anything in my power are included in these pages.