My mom and his mom grew up together, and they were best friends in high school.  Then they had children at around the same time.  We would hang out now and then.  You know, we grew up together.  We were in the same grade.  We’ve always been in the same grade.  Always very close.  He looks up to my mom as a second mom, and I as his sister.  It kind of just happened that way.  There are so many words I could use.  He’s like sunshine.  Wherever he is, everyone is just in a positive mood.  He can turn the atmosphere so quickly. He walks into the room and it’s automatic happiness.  He creates positivity everywhere.  I haven’t known a time without him at all.  But he was always somebody I could lean on.  If I were having a bad day, I could just go talk to him, and that would make it instantly better.  He was just such a light in a person.  I couldn’t imagine it without him.  [He’s inspired her to] persevere and look past everything that’s happening.  He’s my motivation.  Never give up because he doesn’t give up.  If I had to pick one [favorite memory], it would be homecoming of my sophomore year in 2023. I was on homecoming court, and I had my car, and I let him ride in it for the football game.  We sat there.  We were by ourselves before the football game, going around the track, and he was almost in tears.  He was like, “I’ve never been in this nice car before.”  He loved it.  He loves transformers, so it was cool being in a sports car, and he loved it, every second of it.  He’s such an amazing person and has impacted everyone’s lives.