Carl was the sweetest man; he didn’t even have to try. Often sending me photos and selfies as a way to say an extra special hello when he wasn’t by my side. I loved it. They always made me smile, but this one made me smile especially bright, this photo of him as a small boy. I sent him one back, me as a little girl. Him and I, side by side. We said that we wished we had known each other longer. We agreed that we woulda been awesomely fun trouble-makers together. We agreed that, someday soon, we were gonna have some super lovable kids. We couldn’t wait for the day that would happen. I could have spent about a million lifetimes together with this guy–and, still, it would not have been enough.

{originally posted Nov 12, 2014}