Ian Remembered.......
Last year, with a shattered, broken heart, I wrote this: A Tribute about my special buddy, Ian. You can read for yourself how special he was to me..... not just to me, but to his friends. More importantly, how much more special he was to his family: his mom, his dad, his brothers and his sisters. He wasn't a special needs buddy, he was a special buddy whom everyone needed. I can fill pages of a book about Ian, but even all the papers in the world would not suffice. ( This picture was taken January 7, 2012 at my best friends' wedding. (Keren and Josh. Just looking at his and his Mother's face, you can tell that he is a fully spirited young man) This week, I was thinking of him a lot. I knew this week is the anniversary of his death and I was struggling with it to some degree. (I've always struggled who close friend's death....for example, several church members, honorary grandparents ...