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Unexpected Lifelong Friend
BytracyDenisI first met Sequoia in Mr. Hammer’s German class at Aptos Jr High. I was a shy scrawny awkward geek and he was a handsome boisterous dude that was popular with the ladies. He outwardly represented everything I could not see in myself and was intimidated by him. In High School, his last name started…
38 Years
BytracyMost everyone knows the story, but I’ll memorialize it here. I met and fell in love with Sequoia when I was in high school. We dated off and on throughout the years, and finally married in 2004. We had many good years together, and then we didn’t. We were friends at the beginning and somehow…
If I got bread, I’m fed
BytracyPaul HoffmanOne morning I was in Seacliff, up on the bluff overlooking the cement ship, when up the trail bounded a jacked, shirtless Sequoia, a familiar sight after going to high school with him all those years. We had a little chit-chat and puff-puff, and somehow the conversation turned to food. Sequoia said something that…
My oldest friend
BytracyJosh NathanI remember, it must have been back in 1983, 84 i spent the night at my friends house. We played, had dinner..all the stuff kids do and then George got us to bed. Well…middle of the night George sees me camped out in the living room with my blankets etc. “What on earth are…
A good friend
BytracyEthanYou left out surfer, Sequoia was absolutely fearless in the water. 4a dawn patrol? No problemo, I’ll miss him, but never forget the great times, and his gusto for life.
He was cool enough not to care, but he did anyway…
BytracyMike GaringI have not seen Sequoia since high school, but he has forever stayed in my memory as someone with the moral character and integrity to stand up for me and for others, even when he didn’t have to. I will always appreciate his willingness to see that he could be a protector to someone…

