I lost a very special friend yesterday. But he wasn’t just my special friend he was special to many far and wide. The best brother, the best son…But ours was a unique friendship. I worked for his father at the coffee shop. I’d already met Erick and had even been to the beach with him and his dad and my mom. But about a month later on a Sunday Chris walks in with his then girlfriend Beth and Jeff Yarsley. Our eyes met and it was literally instantaneous friendship. I was 14 and he was 21. We bonded like I’ve never bonded to anyone in my life. No big surprise to find out we were both Gemini born on a full moon. To some that means nothing but to Chris and I that was one of the many things that made us tight. Due to our age gap, we hid our friendship thinking the adults may think it inappropriate. Many were the days I was stuck in a closet cuz his dad came home unexpectedly. Probably didn’t help that we were smoking pot too. Our friendship was infectious laughter, it was foul and sordid. He got me and I got him. As the years went on and I got married and had kids and he was working in NH our friendship grew to be more of a big brother, little sister dynamic. Which made it grow deeper than i knew it could go. There wasn’t anything he wouldn’t do for me and I for him. When my beloved lab died two years ago him and Erick came over to dig the grave. When my mother died and her funeral was on the day the country shut down. He went and got all the food for me for the after funeral as everything was closed down. If my sink broke, he fixed it, if had a question he’d answer it. He and Erick my only friends that would talk for hours on the phone…it’s a Gemini thing you wouldn’t understand.

But like I said it’s a huge loss but not just for me for all of his special friends. There has never been anyone quite like him and no one could ever replace him. I miss him already. ♊️💜💜💜