To my friend in Heaven,

I hope it's nice there.

As I sit here and write this, it is six months since you have been gone. I cannot stop thinking about how you were taken too early at the young age of 18. You still had so much life to live.

Your senior prom would've been this past weekend. I'm sure you wouldn't have gone and would've spent your time having fun elsewhere since you hated getting dressed up like that.

Graduation is right around the corner. I know you hated school and graduation would've been a blessing to you so you could finally get out of that place. I would've been there watching you walk the stage, just as you had done for me last year.

That night keeps playing in my head. I was supposed to be with you that morning that you went to meet God.

I keep thinking about how we were in the back of Kallie's car having a good time, sharing laughs and taking Snapchats. I think about the hockey game where you came up to hug me, telling me how much you missed me because I had been away at college.

That night, I just had the sixth sense and felt the need to go home. I knew something bad was going to happen that night, and I should've tried to tell you three not to go up to that cabin. When I heard that you guys were nowhere to be found in the morning, I became severely worried. I finally got a hold of Jillena, but she would not tell me anything. I became very scared.

I was on the way to the Bubble (one of your favorite places), and I got the call from my dad. My heart broke.

This community was shattered by the passing of you. The fact that an accident so terrible could claim such a young life brought tears to many peoples eyes. At your funeral, I swear the whole towns of Eveleth and Virginia were there to celebrate your life.

I will always cherish the memories that you and I shared, but I hope, now, that life is better. In fact, I know that it is. You are in the big kingdom in the sky, hopefully playing some mad puck.

Love you always,

Maddi