Gwendylan Elswick
poppop, It’s been about two months and I think about you everyday. I miss your perfectly timed jokes when life felt so serious I forgot to find the joy. You had this way of making sure I knew that life was more than obligations or school deadlines. You reminded me to love deeply and form bonds with the people around you, because life is meant to be lived and it is nothing without the people you love. I’ll remember last Christmas with plates full of italian food and dancing in the living room, singing about sandwich claus bringing us $5 footlongs. Then there’s the summer nights that ended around a fire with all the people we loved waving sparklers in the air and laying in the grass watching the stars. But most importantly, I miss you, I miss your hugs and I miss writing you notes to remind you that love you. I hear you in your last few days looking at me and whispering “I’m proud of you G, you’re going to do amazing things”. When I think about these words I truly know that you’re rooting for me and it gives me courage to do the hard things. Pforce, I love you and I always will and the day I see you again i’m going to give you the biggest hug.
Love, Gforce
