Stewart Mania: Happy Birthday Terry

Today was Scott's Dad's birthday. Most of you know that Terry passed back on Dec. 8th, 2004 and is no longer with us, but Scott & I still felt like we should celebrate it in some way. Terry, or as Brennen likes to call him, "Pop-pop", lived an amazing life that was cut a little too short. He lived a majority of his life here in Southern California, split between Los Angeles and San Diego. Some of the best times of his life was spent while attending UCLA in the '60's. We have heard many stories from Terry, family, and friends, of his college days and everything he was involved in over the 9 years he was there. He was the captain for the JV football team, the president of his fraternity, the president of the Interfraternity Council, the Head Yell Leader, the captain of the rugby team, and the president of a secret fraternity, The Kelps. One of my favorite stories of Terry was when he was the Head Yell Leader at UCLA. It was during one of the football games (I'm sure I'm going to find out from Uncle Wayne or Uncle John soon after I post this which one! ;) ) the Quarterback for the opposing team had the last name of Little. Terry came up with the chant "Pluck Chicken Little!", knowing what it would turn into...so in a stadium (the Rose Bowl?) full of thousands of fans, you could hear, "#@*! Chicken Little!!". Terry always knew how to liven things up!

Terry with us at our Sealing

We decided to celebrate Terry's birthday by driving up to UCLA and hanging out on the Intermural Field next to the John Wooden Fitness Center on campus. It use to be the UCLA Rugby Field, where Terry felt the most alive and experienced some of his fondest memories. This is also where Scott spread his ashes after he passed. It was a beautiful day and we felt so blessed to spend some time remembering Dad. He was a wonderful man with the kindest heart. We miss him dearly and look forward to seeing him again someday.