Andrew Joseph Wiederhold

Awhile ago i went to a psychic in lambertville mi. That psychic connected with you and they picked up on your sense of humor which really impressed me. She also picked up on the fact that I have a tattoo in your honor. There was no way she would of known that I had one because my shirt I was wearing at that time. She picked up on the numbers 8, 8, 8. Which to me it ment this day. August (8 month) 8th ( 8th day of August) 8th year (2015). I didnt realize until today that what that ment. I having a hard time today. I do truly miss you. RIP

Today is June 1 your birthday. I dont know but I wish i knew where life would of brought you today. You, Doug, and I would of been doing something fun for sure. I remember the times you and I would play video games it was the best. You always made a person smile. I remember everytime you would come over I would be so happy. Andrew I miss you so much.

Andrew I love and miss you more than ever. Expecially during this time of year. My 21st bday is coming up and its really hard not having you here. Yesterday July 2 i was driving home from school and i started crying because my 21st bday is coming up and your not here. I wish you were also the importance of me getting a tattoo in your honor. Today my grandma sue and I were talking today july 3 and i was just born she told me that you told her that i will never let anyone hurt my baby sister. now i feel like i wish i could of been the one to save you. We have had so many wonderful memories though but if i had one wish that came true it would be to bring you back for my 21st bay. I have that feeling that im going be crying on my birthday.

Yesterday was your 29 birthday. it has been 7 years since you past away. I miss you so much andrew to were it makes my heart ache. You could light up a room with just a smile because everyone knew  you were in a great mood. There are things coming up in my life that i wish you were there for. But as a remeberence to you my beloved brother i will be getting a tattoo in your honor. Andrew i miss you so much.
Love and miss you RIP.

Paige Wiederhold

now that im going to college and working. its really hard without my brother andrew. he could light up the room when he enter. today is his 28 bday happy birthday andrew. i wish  you were here. my life has been so hard without you.

Today you would have been 28 years old.  Our hearts break at thinking of the man you were and the man you would be now.

Gone too soon.  Hard looking at pic's of you knowing your not here

Andrew,
Today would have been your 25th birthday. Not a single day goes by that I don't think about you and I know many others do the same. The picture Diane had framed of you still hangs in my room with the dogtags and everytime I look at them they bring a smile to my face, they trigger some old funny memory or a story of some prank you pulled. Thank you so much for the happy memories, we will never forget you, you made a lasting impression. Rest in Peace.
-Jarod

Andrew I am sorry I didnt save your life. I told Diane 2 yrs. before Andrew died that I have a feeling that I keep having a prminition that I would lose one of my kids before I would die. Could I have prevented it ? The night Andrew died I got home from golf somewhere around 10.15 and thought about calling Andrew to tell him how I did and see what he was doing. I didnt. Would that call have changed the night ? Andrew wanted that bike and wanted me to cosign, I told him there was no way I would put him on one of those . I have seen as well as you how kids ride them, like a rocket down the road. They havent a clue what its like to ride with idiots on the road. They are lethal and they scare me. Andrew later on said he had a friend that may co-sign for him and asked me what I thought of that. I told him to tell the friend that I would be livid if something was to happen to him. I almost called this person, before he asked me about this ,to ask  please dont if he should ask. I failed again. I truely thought an adult with kids would have way more sence and and would not do this . Since then I have asked people ,who do not know the story ,if they would co-sign to put someone elses kid on a crotch rocket hypotheticaly. All thought the same way.   No way  . try it at party or in a bar and see what people say. Andrew told this friend that I would not co-sign because he is in to much debt. allready. Now who wouldnt care about this. A true friend maybe would have called to confirm or see if there was any other reason I didnt want him on one of these. I mean come on its only the most deady means of transportation on the road.    I am one of many people that enjoyed being with Andrew . He was such a clown. Could someone think that Andrew being in too much debt. was not such a big deal and maybe a good thing ? He would have to stay employed .He would be around to enjoy. Or was it a crasy act of kindness ??with no other intent. These are the wierd things you ponder when your child is no longer alive. You assume no other parent would put your child in harms way. But knowing Andrew if one person didnt help him he would do his best to find someone who would. Who knows if he would have found one. Each day is just another day of missing him , and wondering if I could have saved his life.

I had to write a poem in english 11 class using the first and last stanza of the poem and I thought I would use Andrew in the poem since I love and miss him so much. The stanza from the poem I read in english class are in a different color and the rest will be normal.

 

There was a child went forth every day,

And the first object she look'd upon, that object she became,

And that object became part of her for the day or a certain part of the day,

Or for many years or stretching cycles of years,

She would play with her two brothers every day and night,

Although they always didn't get along,

They still loved each other,

When it came to tears and laughs,

 

A couple years have passed and now she only had one brother,

That brother that was now gone in her heart that became sore,

The other brother stilled loved him but had to move on from the past,

The girl and her brother became closer than ever from that day on,

 

These became part of that child who went forth every day, and who now goes, and will always go forth every day.

Andrew was everyones friend and they all loved him very much. I love him so much. He was more than a brother to me he was a best friend. Last month on the 18 around 4:00 am I had a dream about him and this was the day of my sweet 16 party and that god brought andrew back to life just for my party. So then i woke up and i started crying for an hour or so because i missed him so much and I really wish he was there that day. I lOVE YOU ANDREW!!!

Andrew yesterday was your birthday. Today I miss you even more, you are the best brother I or anyone could ever have. I remember one year on your birthday you were sitting by the fire place and Grandma came over. We were all laughing and having a good time. I don't remember what year that was but I remember you were wearing a red hawiian shirt with tan shorts. I love YOU so much and I will always miss you! Forever!

I WAS THINKING ABOUT ANDREW YESTERDAY AS I DO DAILY. SO I WROTE A LIST TO SHARE WITH YOU .AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING I LEFT OUT PLEASE AD YOUR OWN MEMORIES. HERE WE GO.  POKER, SHOOTING CLAY PIGEONS, PUTT PUTT, MAKING BOMBS, CATCHING FROGS , HANGING OUT IN THE POOL, METAL DETECTING, PLAYING SCRABBLE,  PING PONG, FOOSE BALL, FISHING, SHOOTING HIS BOW AT THE INDOOR SCREEN SHOOTS, GOING UP NORTH, DIRT BIKING, COMEDY, LAUGHING, MUSIC ,  WATCHING STORMS, SCARING PEOPLE, PRANKING PEOPLE, CAMPING AT HIGGINS LAKE, BMX TRACK ON CHAMBERLAIN, BASEBALL, WATCHING FOOTBALL, SHOOTING BASKETS, PLAYING PIG, TRACK BALL, PLAYING HORSE SHOES , PLAY STATION, TEASING PAIGE AND MEAGEN, FAST CARS, FAMILY, FRIENDS, GIRLS, PARTIES, FLYING KITES, TREASURE HUNTS, CHRISTMAS, MAJIC, COLLECTING SPORTS CARDS, HIS DAISY RED RIDER, (GOD HE LOVED THAT GUN ) GOLF, YARD GOLF, CONCERTS,( WE SAW KENNY WAYNE TOGETHER, WHAT A GREAT NIGHT THAT WAS) ,   DARTS , MOVIES, KIDS, BEING A CAMP COUNSELOR WITH JONI , THE KIDS FROM THAT CAMP ALL SIGNED A LETTER TELLING HIM WHAT A CLOWN HE WAS AND HOW MUCH FUN HE BROUGHT TO THE WEEKEND . , ANIMALS SHOOTING POOL, SHOOTING GUNS, EASTER EGG HUNTS, BON FIRES, STORIES , FOOD, MOTOCYCLES.  ANDREW LOVED LIFE AND ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. HE GAVE US SO MUCH JOY, HE LOVED EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY LOVED HIM. ANGE WAS THE BEST .IF ANYBODY HAS A MEMORY TO AD PLEASE DO  LETS NEVER FORGET !!!!!

Andrew this is just for you. I just wanted to tell you Jake and I have a beautiful baby boy. He came to us on January 1st. His name is Gavin Michael Andrew, named after you. I just wish you were here to see him. I just have to tell you...when i was pregnant and about to find out the sex of the baby, which we were wishing for a boy, i was holding the dog tags jarod had made for you and i knew that they were going to say I was having a boy. I felt you were with us at that moment and I knew we had to name him after you. He was born on the first too! It's just crazy. He is now named after a wonderful man that had the greatest personality out of anyone I know and the biggest heart. Your spirit will live on through him and always. Gavin will hear all about you and how he was named after such a great guy. I just wish you you were here. Your best friend isnt the same without his sidekick. A part of him is missing and thats you bro. I love you and just make sure you send him some signs that you are still with him, I think he could use that. He loves you so much drew. He's just not the same without you ya know. Stay with us all always and keep making us laugh. I know you still have plenty of pranks up your sleeve :) You are missed dearly. Love always, Linsi Jane Arend

     Andrew was an amazing young man. He was so sweet to me and my family. Andrew was like a brother to my daughter Megan, since his home was her second home, because she and Paige spend so much time together. He was the first real crush of my daughter Hannah, she said that someday she would marry him. He always told her that when she was old enough, he would. Andrew always included my son Nick who is several years younger, that meant a lot to both of us. My youngest daughter Madelyn is very shy, but Andrew could always make her laugh. Andrew was so great with kids of all ages. I always thought that someday he was going to be an amazing father. I can just picture him beaming through the nursery window, and bringing that beautiful baby over to visit grandpa Jim, grandma Diane and aunt Paige.  

     When Andrew left this world, everyone that knew him lost something wonderful, but I hope that everyone keeps all the wonderful that Andrew gave to them while he was here. It's hard for me to describe Andrew, he was so many things, funny, smart, caring, animated, happy...... the list is endless. When I think of Andrew, I think, he was someone who made my heart smile. What a wonderful gift to us all.

Andrew is/was my heart.  We moved around a lot, mostly just because of my mom's spontaneity.  So we went to a lot of different schools.  Our parents were divorced when Andrew was 4, I was 6.  So between going back and forth to mom's and dad's (I wouldn't have had it any other way, we got to spend time with both parents almost equally) and moving between schools.  Its always been "Doug and Andrew".  We have been together our whole lives, as blood brothers, best friends, partners in crime lol, we did everything together. 
Growing up with Andrew as a little brother was great.   He didn't care if  he got the top bunk or the bottom, he didn't care about the small things that mattered to me back then.  He just wanted to follow me around, do what I was doing, and most of the time he was better at it than I was.  He really did follow me around, sometimes it pissed me off even haha.  Yeah, I was the typical sometimes really mean, but always very loving and protective older brother that wanted to escape the annoying little brother.
Andrew didn't come out of his shell completely untill only the last few years.   Somewhere in the last few years I actually thought to myself and realized how great of a guy I had for a brother.  Rather than the typical brotherhood, 2 guys who might not really know eachother or might not even like eachother.  We were two guys who got along pretty damn good, had a lot of the same interests, partied together better than most best friends, and worked so well as a pranking team that we have put people into tears on more then one occasion.  I loved every second I got to spend with him very much, shit, everybody did.   He had so many friends, for the most genuine/ real reason, just because he was that great of a person.   If anything, the last couple years, I felt like the little brother because he was the one with so many friends and so much going on.
I have once said to someone or actually I'm sure I've said this a few times.  "My house can burn down, I could get into a 90mph car accident, I can get my dirtbike stolen, anything bad can happen to me and I'll survive, I just can't hear the words 'Andrew's Dead',  I can't lose my little brother.  Its the only one thing that just can't happen."        Now the one thing that couldn't happen has happened.  It is the ultimate test of life, there is nothing harder that could of happen.   I will feel an emptiness for the rest of my life.  But I can't be too sad or depressed.  As soon as I think about how bad it is to lose Andrew, I remember how good it was to of had him... and it helps me greatly.   I smile and laugh thinking about times I've had with Andrew more then I would ever cry.   He will be with us all for the rest of our lives, pranking us, making us smile, watching over us....   I'm sure he is happy where he is but mad that we can't physically hear him crack jokes to us when we're alone or thinking about him.
Well, I'm working on a documentary about Andrew.  I am putting a lot of time into this... its going to be a good video, all about the life of Andrew.   It will be a while before I get it done. There's a lot of great home movies and other videos of Andrew that are being converted to digital files right now... and then It'll take me a LONG time to go through all of it and peice it together.   I will keep you all updated.  Anything that is exceptionally funny I will put up on my myspace as a little sample clip for the documentary!  Watch my bulletins.

I love you Andrew, See you in a short 60 or so years!