A Message To My Friend, Gone But Not Forgotten

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My dear friend,


I know you won't ever be able to read this, but somehow I think you'll still know and understand from wherever you are. I'm missing you and needed to vent so I thought writing this would help. Words could never truly express what you meant to me but I'll do my best. Our friendship was one of a kind; we argued, we made up, we disagreed sometimes, but things always got better. For 15 years you were always there with me, from being in the same daycare to graduating from high school together. On the day of March 10, 2013, if only I had known what that awful day would bring...so much pain. Our friendship was abruptly cut short. I can still vividly remember the phone call telling me what had happened, it is etched in the back of my mind. It has been almost two years but I still think about you every single day.


I never got to say "I'm sorry" and we didn't get to hug and mend our friendship like all those times before. I find myself battling these feelings of regret. There's so much I never told you. The fact that you were so beautiful and you didn't deserve the circumstances surrounding your life and death. Also, how you taught me to let loose and embrace life, and to stand up for myself. However, while your life taught me a lot, I think your death taught me more; a painful truth, to never take anyone for granted and to always be a force of positive energy because we never know when our last day will be.


A Message To My Friend, Gone But Not Forgotten



I miss your smile and your vibrant personality. All it takes is a song, a photograph, or someone simply saying your name for all the memories to come rushing back. I can no longer drive past our high school, church, or pick up a volleyball without thinking of you. Speaking of volleyball, remember that time we argued during a game and our coach made us write apology letters to each other? We thought it was so stupid but we laughed about it later!


I have my good days and I have my bad days but the deep heartache has never truly gone away and I'm not sure it ever will. However, when I think back on all of the amazing memories we shared, I can't help but smile. Memories such as climbing Crabtree Falls and admiring the view when we finally reached the top, all the road trips we had, your 15th birthday party, goofing off at work together, all those times spent at the roller skating rink (because we both know that was the "cool" place to be on Friday nights in middle school. Lol), and so much more. You were such a fun, sincere, and amazing person and I greatly miss your prescence in this small town.


You left too soon but I rejoice in that you have been freed from all of these Earthly burdens. I guess I just wanted you to know that your friendship helped shape me into the person I am today and things will never be the same without you. But above all else, I wanted you to know that you still have at least one person who has not forgotten you and never will. I will forever cherish all of the memories and I'm happy I had the chance to spend as much time with you as I did. Until we meet again...


-Your partner in crime


A Message To My Friend, Gone But Not Forgotten


A Message To My Friend, Gone But Not Forgotten
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