Entry I: The Public Entry.
Happy Memorial Day to those to observe it. Today holds a double meaning for me.
Five years ago today, one of my oldest friends died by accidental drowning. It doesn’t seem possible that he has been gone half a decade. I still see him in my dreams often. He always has such comforting words to give me. He is there for me in death just as he was in life. I wonder what he would have been like had he lived to 26. Instead of a rose memorializing him at my wedding reception if he had actually been there. I still miss him terribly. He was truly one of those people you only meet once in a lifetime -- no one else has even reminded me of him. He was one of a kind.
So -- Oliver Quinten Dean, wherever you are, I miss you. You were taken from us far too soon.
Five years ago today, one of my oldest friends died by accidental drowning. It doesn’t seem possible that he has been gone half a decade. I still see him in my dreams often. He always has such comforting words to give me. He is there for me in death just as he was in life. I wonder what he would have been like had he lived to 26. Instead of a rose memorializing him at my wedding reception if he had actually been there. I still miss him terribly. He was truly one of those people you only meet once in a lifetime -- no one else has even reminded me of him. He was one of a kind.
So -- Oliver Quinten Dean, wherever you are, I miss you. You were taken from us far too soon.