My junior year of high school was the first time I saw him.

My friend Gina wanted to show me who he was.. so she said when we passed him in the hallway, she would say something about purple flowers. I didn’t see what he looked like, but I remember laughing at whatever she said…

I met him later that year during an audition for a singing group…

We went to homecoming together (with different people, but in the same group).

He became one of my closest friends.

He was smart, talented, kind and courteous to my parents.

I had no idea who he would become to me…

{{To Be Continued…}}