Buddy,

Every life on this Earth touches other life’s one way or another, both good and bad. You touched so many people with your infectious humor and laughter, that made people happy when you were around them.

From the time we met and became best friends in our young tennis. We found out what fun and excitement in life was all about. I learned to love you not only as a friend but like the brother that I always wanted in my life. I knew that we would be best friends for the rest of my life. Then suddenly and unexpectedly you slipped away into the next life.

Arising out of this, my life was now seriously damaged with hurt and anger, causing me to complain to God about why it had to be you. Because of this anguish, I realized that you never know what you have, until you lose it. Truthfully, I should have been thanking God for not only creating both of us in the same lifetime, but also for allowing us to meet, so that we could become the very best of friends anyone could have ever asked for.

However, I still wish you were alive on this Earth, and in my life today. But the thought of you is still alive in my heart, and many others who loved you.

Thank you Buddy, for being a friend.