Casey Dittmann

My son Casey was such an extremely intelligent young man. He was so very talented and was a great artist at drawing. He won an academic scholarship to go to college and also a music scholarship. He was a classical pianist and a drummer. He loved video games. He loved me. He was the light of my life. I will never stop missing him. A big part of me is gone that nothing can ever fill. I look forward to the day that we are reunited. He was so funny. He had a wonderful sense of humor.

It’s so hard to pick one favorite memory. There are so many, but one that warms my heart so much. He lived with me the last 3 1/2 years of his life and every night he would come in my room and throw his whole body on me and hug me and kiss me and tell me he hopes I sleep well and thank you mom for letting me be here with you. I love you so much. Then 15 minutes later he would come back and do the same thing again. He would do this five or six times every night. I miss that so much. Sometimes I would get aggravated with him and say OK you’ve already told me this. You don’t have to keep doing it and now I regret that I ever said that because I could never get enough hugs and love from my son and I miss that terribly.

The way that we would joke with each other. His wonderful sense of humor. The way he made me laugh. His brilliant mind and encyclopedic knowledge of most any subject. You wanted to talk about. his beautiful piano music that would fill my house full of beautiful music. The music has died now along with him and my heart is shattered.

I think he would like to be remembered for his good heart and his encyclopedic knowledge and intelligence. His amazing talent on the piano and his love of video games and mostly his love of his family and animals.