Comments on: David Houghton – The Younger Years https://www.davidhoughtonfamily.com/2011/07/20/david-houghton-the-younger-years/ Fri, 28 Jul 2017 01:37:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: linda andeson https://www.davidhoughtonfamily.com/2011/07/20/david-houghton-the-younger-years/comment-page-1/#comment-696 linda andeson Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:41:07 +0000 http://johnhoughton.com/?p=443#comment-696 David how he will be missed! I have had the great joy of sharing life, love and lots of happiness with David, DeDe, Luke and Ryan. His wonderful smile, the genuine caring, the love he so opening shared for DeDe and the boys. He was a wonderful Son (in-law), who so graciously shared his life including me. He let me share in the lives of the boys and was always thanking me for helping out....I am ever so greatful that I was allowed all of this time with them. Our trips to Mexico, Egypt, Thailand, Tahoe, Disneyland and Disneyworld, the water parts, oh so much fun wherever and whenever we could be toghether. Even including jumping on the trampoline! David was the kind of man that every mother wanted for her daughter, and one of the greatest things about David was his ability to Love, understand and support his wife and family. The saying a Son is a Son til he takes a wife is so true. Yet David remained supportive of his mother, father, sister, brother and families and his many friends. We all have been blessed in to many ways to even count, in sharing his wonderful life. I hope that we will all continue to write about our shared times with them all. I just seem to have thoughts popping into my sleeping and awake moments. I know you will continue to take care of each other and share your love through all eternity. Love you David forever, and will miss your sparkle and smiles and just being with you. Love, Mom Linda David how he will be missed! I have had the great joy of sharing life, love and lots of happiness with David, DeDe, Luke and Ryan. His wonderful smile, the genuine caring, the love he so opening shared for DeDe and the boys. He was a wonderful Son (in-law), who so graciously shared his life including me. He let me share in the lives of the boys and was always thanking me for helping out….I am ever so greatful that I was allowed all of this time with them. Our trips to Mexico, Egypt, Thailand, Tahoe, Disneyland and Disneyworld, the water parts, oh so much fun wherever and whenever we could be toghether. Even including jumping on the trampoline! David was the kind of man that every mother wanted for her daughter, and one of the greatest things about David was his ability to Love, understand and support his wife and family. The saying a Son is a Son til he takes a wife is so true. Yet David remained supportive of his mother, father, sister, brother and families and his many friends. We all have been blessed in to many ways to even count, in sharing his wonderful life. I hope that we will all continue to write about our shared times with them all. I just seem to have thoughts popping into my sleeping and awake moments. I know you will continue to take care of each other and share your love through all eternity.
Love you David forever, and will miss your sparkle and smiles and just being with you. Love, Mom Linda

]]> By: David Elias https://www.davidhoughtonfamily.com/2011/07/20/david-houghton-the-younger-years/comment-page-1/#comment-623 David Elias Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:31:16 +0000 http://johnhoughton.com/?p=443#comment-623 John, thank you so much for sharing your soul with us in this forum. You have inspired me to share a bit of mine. My memories of David and DeDe are so vivid and palpable that I find myself feeling tremendous confusion. I can hear their voices so clearly in my head. I have been back to work here in Oakland and have moments of distraction, which are periodically interrupted by the realization that my world is now completely different: I can't breathe well for a second when this happens. Perhaps that is what you mean when you say it stings. A large part of who am was formed by my friendship with David and DeDe and our group of friends. Values, fun, future. I know I will have my fond memories forever, and for that I am grateful, but like you said, it still stings to let go of the future. David Ghilarducci recently said, \We should plan to grow old together\, I responded, \We already have\. I had many years with your brother and his family and am very lucky. Thinking of you and your family and publically sending my love, David John, thank you so much for sharing your soul with us in this forum. You have inspired me to share a bit of mine. My memories of David and DeDe are so vivid and palpable that I find myself feeling tremendous confusion. I can hear their voices so clearly in my head. I have been back to work here in Oakland and have moments of distraction, which are periodically interrupted by the realization that my world is now completely different: I can’t breathe well for a second when this happens. Perhaps that is what you mean when you say it stings.

A large part of who am was formed by my friendship with David and DeDe and our group of friends. Values, fun, future. I know I will have my fond memories forever, and for that I am grateful, but like you said, it still stings to let go of the future.

David Ghilarducci recently said, \We should plan to grow old together\, I responded, \We already have\. I had many years with your brother and his family and am very lucky.

Thinking of you and your family and publically sending my love, David

]]> By: Mark Reed https://www.davidhoughtonfamily.com/2011/07/20/david-houghton-the-younger-years/comment-page-1/#comment-621 Mark Reed Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:00:11 +0000 http://johnhoughton.com/?p=443#comment-621 John and Houghton family, I am so very sorry for the tremendous loss. I knew David back in my UCSC days as an undergraduate. David was a preceptor at Crown College the year I was an RA there. I remember David as a kind, gentle and always smiling! I hadn't seen David in over 20 years, but I am glad I had a chance to know him. John and Houghton family,
I am so very sorry for the tremendous loss. I knew David back in my UCSC days as an undergraduate. David was a preceptor at Crown College the year I was an RA there. I remember David as a kind, gentle and always smiling! I hadn’t seen David in over 20 years, but I am glad I had a chance to know him.

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