November 8th 2019 at 1:43am my life changed forever. I watched you take your last breath as you did when I took my first. You were literally my best friend. And the story behind my favorite picture, this picture is & was the start of who I am. 1989 & Aaron was going to Disneyland & crazy enough we weren’t & as we watched him, maybe you said to yourself I would never not go. We went all the time. Multiple times a year growing up. So when people ask or wonder or make fun of me for still going to Disneyland all the time I think of this moment often and how you gave all of us a piece of magic. My whole personality is you. From never combing our hair to only dressing up when we were going somewhere important because other than that “fuck these people people!” First Taurus I loved, who always taught us family over anyone and anything no matter how long the friendship or circumstance. I will miss how you made a big deal out of even the smallest accomplishments from everyone, responding to the always funny “oh right on righhhhttttt on!”, how I called you literally every day & we would talk for hours about work, school, love etc. How when I called you would pick up & be like “so what’s the scoop” & if I didn’t have anything & responded with “I was calling you to see if you had the scoop” how we would laugh hysterically. How you always danced in the malls to the stupid music playing, how you always wanted to eat at Cheesecake Factory, how you always wanted another dog resulting in 7, how we all wore Abercrombie, but you just had to wear the brightest crocs or Birkenstock’s you could find which made the whole outfit mom style. I will miss you making my costumes every year even in my 30s! Or you making homemade piñatas for my students for Halloween because you would do anything for anyone to see them smile. How every holiday needed cupcakes. How you always had on a crazy outfit to clean and how you stayed cleaning something 🤪. There is so much more I can’t even try to put into words. All I know is that I’m at peace even if I thought I would have you forever or maybe just for a little more time. I’m glad I got to say goodbye. I promise to make you proud. I love you 💜 (at San Jose, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4sce3MAw9M7u-Et63b4CGzC_jmQLzrTZaIKhA0/?igshid=1pvgbengn1070