Memories Archive - Jim Dennis

Jaime…. looking thru these pictures your infectious smile continued since we were kids… RIP my friend

The best father I could of ever asked for. I miss him and love him so much it hurts. So many memories of dad. Tea hung me how to drive for the first time…when i was younger,making me take back something I stoled because it was the right honest thing to do. Taking me to my ballet classes. Making us breakfast for school and our lunches. When he would come home from work I would run outside and he would let me ride on the side of his truck while he backed in the driveway..so many more memories. Dad I miss you so much and I can’t believe all this has happened and can’t believe all this is happening still. I love u with all my hear and miss u so much my heart hurts.

I met jim and darrell on the same day we had this huge cribadge match and jim kept kickin my butt.. I tried for months to beat him and finally one day I did.. ( I think he let me win ) Jim was one of the most kind hearted people I had ever had the pleasure of meeting. I love you jimbo.

From your neighbor in Rosemary Gardens, you were always one of the nicest guys to hang around with when we were kids.

I remember you at the club specially on Saint Patty’s Day and you always love the song Danny Boy great times we had together you are the very first people I meant up here in Montana

I met Big Beaver and Darrell the same day. I was new to Kalispell, new to recovery, and looking for a sponsor. Both men took me under their wing and we instantly became friends. As many know Jim was instant friends with evenyone.
My first year of sobriety was fun and full of excitement with Jim and the crew. February 2010 was my first year. I showed up to our usual noon meeting. I seen Jim sitting in the corner being sneaky. When I finally sat down he gave me a box and a card. When I opened the box there was this coin. I seen this shiny silver coin, cried, and gave Jim a hug. Big beaver didn’t let me cry for long cuz if I did he would cry too. I have many memories of that year and Big beaver is in most every one of them. He made sobriety fun and for that I am forever grateful. I love u a big beaver

A little over a year ago, I posted on Facebook that I was disappointed in the playground I had taken my children to because someone had carved hateful words (“I Will Kill You”) into the plastic of the slide. As my daughter read those words, they landed on my son’s ears. Neither one of them felt safe, let alone playful. I griped about it on Facebook. I try to be as positive as I can most times, but some things really get to me. A few days later, a friend of mine asked, “which playground?” He donned his superhero (a.k.a. decent human being) suit and flew to the rescue. Like a giddy school boy, he informed me he had “erased evil.” He changed, “I will kill you” into “We love you.”
From what I heard and learned about this friend today, these random acts of kindness were not uncommon for him. And that is the tragedy in his passing a few days ago. The world needs more people like him, but we seem to be losing them. …I will miss the pictures of Batman he so freely posted on my [Facebook] wall and instructed me to share with my son. I will miss his smile, his laughter, his carefree sense of humor.

I remember the famous halloweens, the walks around the neighborhood when the kids were little, he always had a laugh in his voice.

You know that kid that you meet in middle school and the entire time you know him, you can’t think of a bad thing to say about him? That was Jim Dennis. Always smiling, always sweet. Warm: That’s how I’d describe Jim. About a year ago, I reconnected with Jim on Facebook. It was nice to see him in his new surroundings with his family and friends. I was very lucky to know Jim Dennis, if only for that brief period of adolescence, but that smile stayed with me long after the graduation….