To my friend I had to say goodbye to too soon, I miss you everyday. I miss your obnoxiously loud laugh that put a smile on everyone's face in the room. I miss our sleepovers over FaceTime when we couldn't find rides to each other's house. I miss our sushi dates when we would pay in all quarters because we were too broke to continue our addiction of raw fish and seaweed. I miss our long talks. I miss those most of all. I regret a lot of things too. I regret drifting a part before your time came. I understand now though you were only meant to touch more hearts than you already have. I regret not telling you how much you meant to me. I regret being so sure that everything would be ok.

One thing I will never regret is knowing you. Although I question why this world brings us close to people to only have them be taken away, I do understand that it’s because you made me a stronger person. You taught me to love. You taught me to never take anyone's negativity. You taught me how to be the most amazing version of myself, and that's only because I would try to be like you. You taught me that there is never too much kindness in this world. Walking on the boardwalk you would always say hello to every person you passed. I would jokingly say "stranger danger," but you would never care. This was your biggest asset in my mind. You were never afraid. You always saw the best side in people, even without knowing them. You were never afraid of the "what ifs". You cared too much to be kind. You saw no evil in this world. You saw good and only good.

You were and always will be the most incredible person I ever met and I truly mean that. You taught me how to play “perfect two” on guitar which was a hack job on my part but your beautiful voice always covered that up. That was another thing I am so thankful to have witnessed. You sounded like an angel up there. You sang your heart out up there. Your voice lit up everyone’s face. You looked like an angel standing on the stage with the lights shining on you. And that’s the most ironic thing of all, you were always an angel even here on earth. I miss getting snowed in with you. You always would make sure to take over the kitchen and cook all the ramen needed. You cooked so much that we would smell like ramen by the time you were through. I

miss waking up in the morning and making breakfast with you. Although my scrambled eggs will never be as good as yours, I can say you were the one who taught me that adding a little bit of milk makes all the difference. I miss your pictures as well. You always had an eye for art. Every picture you took has a hint of genius that only you could create. I am thankful for these pictures—they are memories that I will have for the rest of my life. Wherever you are now, I will continue to try and make you proud just like how you always made me proud. I will continue to live for you until it is my time to go, and when that time comes I hope to make half of the impact you did.

I would hope to touch half as many people’s hearts as you did. That will be the most fulfilling thing of all, to be at least half the incredible person you were. I hope your time, wherever you are, has been as full of love as your beautiful smile. I hope you can rip-stick across heaven with all the people that have left before you. And I hope that one day I will be able to see you again. I hope one day I lived as an amazing life as you did, to be where ever you are now, because if you are there, that must be a pretty miraculous place.

I love you forever, my angel, keep watching over all of us. Until we meet again.