Correy/Monastery Beach 1 year later

By Correys Dad

Today, August 20th, 2010, 1 year since Correy died, I spent the morning at Monastery Beach, sitting, watching the waves crash ashore. Correy's entire life flashed through my head as each wave rolled in another year of his life passed.
I remember the day he was born, right through teaching him to ride a bike. Playing baseball in the street to teaching him to shoot a gun, the memories flashed by.
Our camping/fishing trips to the Sierras and Correy helping me search for missing people. The last Opening Day Fishing Season where it snowed, Preston, myself & Correy braved the cold temperature & snow storm just to camp out on a family tradition. Correy did the Captain Morgan pose. Watching Correy teach children to scuba dive at Monterey Bay Aquarium, you remember when he himself was that young, now he's the adult teaching kids his favorite hobby. Watching him go through kindergarten,through grade school, junior high, high school, junior college, then off to a State University, it ALL happened so fast. Correy starts dating girls, then finally finds the one, Rachel, his life is coming together. His priorities are straight, going to school, working at Any Water Sports & on the Cypress on weekends. I still remember coming home from a job a year ago and Vanessa telling me Correy had died, I was numb, I don't think it really sunk in until now, I always thought he would be back, his smiling face, his quick comebacks & his perseverance. Trying to make sense of the whole thing is bewildering, he was well trained & with the BEST OF THE BEST, Frank & Scott, he always had quality gear. So many people sit & don't do anything in life, Correy was truly making an impact on many, many people, he was on track. He had money in the bank, a career path, a great woman at his side, he knew where he was headed. The waves keep crashing ashore yet the future memories just are not there. The pounding surf now reminds me of an old record player where the record that's finished playing, yet the needle keeps making the same ending sound. The waves are haunting & endless but Correy's life has come to an end...TRAGIC!!!!!!!!!