Here We Go..

Hi!

My name is Echo Nichole Nave Hamilton and I am on a mission! Yup, a mission. The other night I was wide-awake at 2am and my mind started to wander. I started to think about my dad, and his life, and how his life would make a great movie - well at least the version of his life I know.

My dad died when I was nine years old. February 27, 1989. I barely knew the man, and have pretty limited memories, as he worked a lot. As I have gotten older I have often times wondered about the crazy stories that were supposedly his life before me. References to movie stars, secret service agents, the mafia, a sailing trip around the world....seriously, this was the life he claimed to have led to my mother. But did he? Who was he really? How well do you ever really know a parent (regardless of how long they have been in your life)? How well do you ever know anyone?

Well I am about to try and figure it all out.

Now what makes this quest even more difficult is that fact that many of the people who could possibly answer these questions have also passed away or have simply disappeared from my life. But now with the concept of a blog, the wonders of the Internet, and the fact that I am amazed every day by how small a world it truly is, I am hoping to try and get an answer to the question...did you know Paul Nave? (and who the hell was he??)

Here is my plan:
1. Announce this blog to every person I possibly know (and hope you will pass it along as well)
2. Create "chapters" on my dad's life which people can comment on (hopefully people who actually knew him can provide some sort of insight).
3. Put it all together into a cohesive life story that can be passed down to children, and now grandchildren he has left behind.

If you read this and you knew my father, please share your stories, the good, the bad, and the ugly. I want the truth - this is a man I barely knew and I am pretty sure there is nothing you can say that will shock me, or hurt my feelings (seriously, I want it all). If you do not wish to post your comments publicly, PLEASE EMAIL ME!!!

So we go...

Echo
ehamilton@srvhs.org