My condolences to Jenny's family. I first met Jenny when we were both in grade school and she was often shy to talk to others. Until one day, I was partnered with her for a project discussion, I was the one doing the talking as she sat there with a big smile. However, she was only there at my school for about a week and wondered what happened to her. One weekend came by where my family and I were invited to a birthday party. To my surprise, she was there. I was happy to see a familiar face from school, although she found me pretty weird because I tried to make her talk to me. Although shy, but an innocent soul. I later found out that her family was close family to my Aunt Meche. So every family gathering we had, she was there and she was the person I was comfortable being around. Even though she was the introvert type and me being the extrovert, we got along. Ever since we continued to grow and hang out during summer times when we were kids and until the point we grew up, went our separate ways in different states but still kept in touch through FaceTime calls. She wasn't really fond of texting so we did video calls instead. Our platonic relationship was extremely low maintenance because that gave us time to collect our experiences to share with each other. At times, she would FaceTime me to push her into continue doing her laundry, guide her into installing some shelves, or talk about her books. I've considered her as family to me and always looked forward to speaking to her. One core memory that surfaces the most, When she called me one day to express her gratitude and that I have inspired her to become an independent. That moment will forever live with me along with the memories and proud to call her my Childhood friend.
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