Lasting impressions…
This weekend I received some very sad news - an old high school friend of mine passed away in his sleep. It’s unclear what really happened yet there’s no need to speculate. The fact of the matter is he’s gone and it’s a terrible loss.
We had lost touch immediately after high school for no other reason than we just did. My community back home is always buzzing with updates, so although I had moved on from some of my high school friendships I always knew peripherally what was going on with the majority of my class.
I’ve spent some time this weekend reminiscing with old friends about his spirit. It takes someone special to leave a lasting impression and Joel did that with his absolute kindness to a painfully shy and somewhat naive girl in her Junior year. He will be missed.
