"Whenever We Dream, That's When We Fly." Remembering Dio

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It’s been three long years. Years without concerts where Ronnie’s voice belted out, shaking the beams of the building and moving our souls. This is the post I wrote two years ago, on the first anniversary of his passing- marking our collective loss. If you have not stepped into the fantastical story-telling world that is Dio’s music and you have a pulse, you are missing the best of the best.

Ronnie- we miss you still, but we dream and that’s when we fly. Thank you for lighting up the skyline of my imaginary world… “Sing me a song, you’re a singer.”

Let the memories live and the tunes play… Erika

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Erika Gardner is a sixth generation San Franciscan of Irish and Basque descent. She attended the University of California at Davis and completed degrees in Medieval History and Biological Sciences.

A lifelong lover of books and a scribbler of many tales from a young age (her first story was completed at age five), she turned to writing full-time in 2025.

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