Brent and I are the very, very, very best of friends...we were that long before we were married and are continuing combining the two journeys into one path.

Brent is the most compassionate, caring person I have ever known. I feel like I am constantly discovering new aspects of this man I married but also feel like I've known him forever and always. He is a hard worker and constantly tries to make himself the best he can be. He doesn't like to settle for less from himself.

While I'm here I'd like to remind him how thankful I am for his "cheerleading" when things are tough and how much I appreciate his just being there and letting me be quiet when I need to. Thanks for pushing me just a little so I realize the boundaries I have set around myself are just lines to cross on my way to the next mountain top.

You are the bestest snuggler in the world and I love you!

Tammy

I've known Brent as a manager and as a friend. I and others that worked under Brent can honestly say that he 'truly' has a heart for the people around him. I read in one of the testimonials that ‘Brent is one of only a handful of people I consider superior to myself, in most ways’. I would have to agree with this statement – the books you study, the experiences you’ve had abroad and your calm nature are most impressive to me.

Brent is an age-old friend of mine, who introduced me to role-playing games and Carlos Castanedas, taught me the power and pitfalls of faith, modeled the value and risks of individuality, and demonstrated how adaptation to circumstance and application of the force of will are essential to achieving goals. Most importantly, he showed me how important it is to set your own goals by your own standards of enlightenment, not by the standards of others.

Like Brent, within myself there lies a duality of complexes, both that of Superiority and inferiority. I haven't been in touch with Brent enough of late to say whether the Superiority complex is dominant these days as it is in myself...but I will say it should be.

Brent is one of only a small handful of people I consider superior to myself, in most ways...intelligent, passionate, discerning, ever-searching for some indefinable thing which eludes him...if I could tell him what that was, I would, but if he finds it, dont expect him to give it up easily. I imagine he'd just hint at what it is and prod you along the path of your own self-discovery.

I recall one night, when working at the same all-night gas station as he, that he was working and I was off. I had seriously bad nightmare that night, and my first thought was "Brent". I called, and he talked to me for nearly an hour getting me settled back down. The nightmare was something that I thought he could understand, and he did.

Such is the nature of friendship.

I still remember it, and I'm still grateful that you were there to listen, Brent.