I was heartbroken when I heard that Tim had passed on. I know he's in a better place now, but we'll all miss him dearly. Breezy

For those of you in the area......Kristen & I are going to open up my Dad's place on Saturday for a small estate sale. There are things in the house that Kristen & I do not have room for. Some of this may be of great benefit to you & yours? I don't know? There will be no prices set but an offer will do......whatever you can come up with. Please let me know if you are interested in comin' by. tim.okeefe@comcast.net Thanks again!!! timmy

I have been waiting for the right time to write something. I have really hesitated because I did not want to repeat the same thing everyone else had written. I was given a poem from a very very wise man who was loving and caring of all others. I want to share it with you all now. It starts out... Remember this: Cancer is so limited. It cannot shatter hope. It cannot carrode faith. It cannot destroy God's peace. It cannot kill friendship. It cannot suppress memories. It cannot silence courage. It cannot invade the soul. It cannot steal God's gift of eternal life. It cannot conquer the spirit. And,It cannot cripple God's Love. That has been with me through all that I have endured the past year with my battle to fight breast cancer and now with congestive heart failure.This poem has made me a stronger person and to think positive thoughts and never not live my life to the fulliest even if I am having a crappy day. Look beyond that day and look at the bright shining days ahead.Take those day and run with them. One last thing I would like to add is that the very wise person who gave this poem.His name is Tim O'Keefe. I know he knows that everything that was said in that poem has helped me.That is just the type of person he was.He was and still is my gaurdian angel because without him knowing it,he helped me through so much. For all of this I want to thank his family for letting us all know him and love him like we did. He was a rare jewel and is shining ever so brightly looking down on us all.We all know he is at peace and is with Nancy riding into sunset. GOD bless you Tim. We will all be there to hook up with you two and have one heck of an ES trailride one day. To the family, God bless you as you try to put your lives back to as normal as you can in a time like this.Know that we are all here for you when you need us.Just say the word. Esta aka: Paradiselady

Hey Timmy, Thanks for posting those pics of your dad... that solo shot made me laugh..lol. I will write something more later.. just can't do it now. Big hug to Timmy and family.. your dad was a real sweet man. Paige aka Ranchy

I never got to go to a Timmerfest, but Tim was the first person that ever "yellowed" me when I joined ES and made laugh and feel welcome as a newbie..so I am sure that he will be in the big chatroom in the sky yellowing all the newcomers and welcoming them to heaven. If you can't be home with your loved ones for Christmas...what better place to celebrate Jesus' birthday than with Him. Bye Timmers Becky

I am so sorry I wasnt there today. I had rehearsals and I apologize. But asty and bay... i remember those days cause I was there with ya!!!! Tim, Ive loved you like a sister could and I will miss you and remember you for always. Timmers, Thank you so much. You have been so open and honest with us. Thank you for considering us family as well. Tim, I will miss you and I will be there after the holidays for the memorial. To those of you who Ive met, and to the ones I havent... let the times we had with Tim forever live on. Love, Daria

Just some words from Wendall Berry book "That Distant Land" ( "Have you reached the other shore dear brother, Have you seen that distant land" ) "I lay listening to that slow voice coming through the dark saying that He Walked Through The Valley of The Shadow of Death and Was Not Affraid..." He goes on to say; ("There enterain him all the saints above, In solemn troops and sweet societies That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears forever from his eyes.") That battle was fought, the Victory is Sweet, go on home and rest, ride and play. See you on the trail someday.... Chris

In memory of TIMMERS My dear friend I enjoyed the time we shared together. The many thursday night talks in the your garage where we shared many laughs and a few tears! You once thanked me for being a special friend, no my friend THANK YOU for always being there for me and being my special friend! I will always miss you and think of you often. Unfortunetly I will not be able to make the memorial today as John's flight is coming in. We will be toasting a shot of tequilla in Timmers memory. It was because of Tim and his last two get togethers that John and I became closer. For that we will always thank Tim. Timmy and Kristen know we are there in spirit and have yall in our thoughts and prayers on this day and everyday. Your father was the finest man we knew and he will always be dear to us. Bev know we love you and will always be there for you. Love jen

Like Bay... I have thought and thought what to say and just had no words. Most of you know I have a pretty sweet boyfriend and I just haven't had much reason to be on ES in quite awhile. But for Tim, I rejoined just to share my thoughts about my dear friend. I have tried to push the reality out of my mind. Its how I deal with things. I try to push pain away I guess. But tonight... I can't sleep. I looked at friends profiles that had his picture and I remember his beautiful blue eyes. How when you talked to him, his eyes never left yours. And the tears won't stop flowing from mine. I remember the first night we met when Trew, Terri, Tim and I sat up all night drinking tequila. And the very first wonderful party that followed. That night I made friends for life. And I remember the next day when we all met "Blondie" for the first time. It's funny. I don't even remember her name for me anymore. I remember sitting in the Blanco river, along with a few other ES friends at a small party I had one summer. It was past midnight and we all hiked down to the river to sit in the rapids and look at the stars. Tim and I held hands as only friends can. No romance... easy friendship. I wish I could remember what all we talked about that night. I do remember we all piled into a truck and went for to San Marcos for taquitos... no one slept that night. And then I remember us having so much fun at a little dive bar the next night that we got the bartender fired because he couldn't stand to end the fun and close the bar on time. I remember our standing date of going out for Thai food that just never happened and now it never will. Maybe I should just eat it in his honor from now on. I remember when we all heard the news and how scared we all were. And I remember him coming to watch me and Goldie ride at the Houston Livestock show when he was there to visit doctors. Even when dealing with what he had to deal with... he came to see a friend. That meant so much to me. I remember one sweet time when so many of us went to watch him try to win a belt buckle. I looked into those sweet eyes that day and couldn't stand the thought of losing that privilege. I wondered if we were all feeling that same thing that day. I remember a trail ride that included so many wonderful ES people. And of course, Tim and Mick. I was so happy he had that time. My kids were there and they just loved Tim. They are sad too and they wonder and hope that Mick is ok. That's kids for you. They worry about the animals too. There are so many more memories. Too many. I can't believe he is gone. I haven't been to many of the parties of late... but I always new he was there. A friend to us all. I won't be at the memorial. Sick kids, school.. on and on. But I wonder if I am just not ready for the finality. But I will be drinking my tequila shot tomorrow. I still have a bottle of hornitos that I think I once shared with Tim and so many other wonderful ES people. So tomorrow will be Tears and Tequila. Here's to Kristen and Timmy... Here's to Bev... Here's to this community... Here's to Tim... Let's have one last drink together. With much Love, Shelley

myself and txroadhossgal50 will be attending the memorial wed. when i first joined ES i wasn't sure what to expect, but i found a true friend when i meet Tim. he never held back he just told it how it was. He lived life as if their was no tomorrow and never looked back. Once we went on a trail ride in the rain and he lead the way blazeing the path for the rest of us to following. He opened the path for all of us to be together on special occasions and continue to meet new friends for which i am gratefull , you can never have too many friends. He opened the door to his home for us many times in the past and i know he will be their to open the door for us in heaven someday. Tim was a great friend and a true gentlemen Thank You Timm for being my friend, Bobby