It has been a rough month. My best friend, who meant a lot to me, passed away on August 14, 2010. He was diagnosed with Duchene’s Muscular Dystrophy when he was eight years old. The doctors originally told him he would not live past fifteen. He had just turned 24 this past June, so he outlived the doctors expectations by nine years; which is nine more years we got to spend with him.
I was very lucky to meet his father, who introduced me to T.C. When I first met his dad Troy, I was severely depressed, did not get out of bed for about a year, and was contemplating suicide because I was having a hard time dealing with living with a spinal cord injury and life in a wheelchair. When I met T.C. and saw how happy he was, even though he could barely move anything, I thought to myself “why am I depressed?” From then on we were the best of friends and I did all I could to keep him active and happy, which also helped me.
His family is like a second family to me and I usually went to Indiana with them to visit the rest of his family. Going to Indiana for two weeks for the funeral was hard for me, just knowing I wouldn’t see him again..at least physically. I know we will see each other again, but there is still a void in my life because he was a big part of it for many years!
Here’s to you T.C.! Rest in Peace and I will see you soon!
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