FOOD + DRINK
When she returned to law school the fall after his passing, MarieClaire says she struggled with the loss of Brooks and balancing that loss with her class workload. She gives credit to friends and professors for helping her navigate her grief. “The law school dean, Neil Fulton , often uses the phrase, ‘Welcome Home’ when referring to the law school,” said MarieClaire. “I personally find that phrase to be very accurate.” That same fall, MarieClaire was chatting with Katey Ulrich , the director of admissions and marketing at the USD School of Law . In a serendipitous moment, Ulrich told her she was going to open XIX Brewing Company with USD associate professor of public administration Ed Gerrish . “I chimed in that I thought that was cool and told her my brother had been home brewing before he passed away,” said MarieClaire. “It was just a moment of wanting to share a positive memory of my brother.” Fast forward to a year later, the wheels kept turning, and MarieClaire was bothered that Brooks's beer was left unfinished. “Brooks wanted his beer picked up by a brewery, and he worked so hard on creating the label and the beer during his life, so I hated to think of it being incomplete,” she said.
Keep an eye out, as the Christensons have left custom stickers in memory of Brooks all over the state. Brooks was here
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