I will always love you my friend

[dramajunky]

I just got the most horrible news. I randomly went out for a bare-foot walk in the rain just for the novelty of it. Along the way I ran into a friend from school and we talked for a moment. She mentioned that she is a fire fighter and so I asked her if my friend Edrik Gomez is in her group. I had just been praying and thinking about him on my drive home. She said, "You know Edrik?" and then proceeded to tell me about a helicopter crash. I asked if Edrik was ok and she said no. He and and 8 other people lost their lives in the crash. I can't fully believe it yet. I'm great at denial and repession. I met Edrik during freshman orientation and we've been friends ever since. He's one of the most amazing people I've ever been blessed to know. It isn't fair or right that he's gone. He was only 19. He was such an amazing person, completely filled with life, he cared, and worked to truly live. If anyone deserved to live and grow old it was him because he would've worked to make the world a better place. Every moment I spent with Edrik was wonderful and a glowing memory. I wish we could've have hung out more this year because he is someone who made my life better just by knowing we were friends. Don't let opportunites pass you by to spend time with those you care about. That is life's harshest lesson.

Pray for his family and all of his many friends who will miss him more than we can every express.