May 2015
Heartbroken
21 May 2015 @ 15:10
To have incredible friends means that there are times in this journey when we feel the incredible pain of loss. Yesterday this world lost a bright beacon of joy in the passing of my friend, Chuckie Magee. I first met Chuckie 18 years ago and he had turned 23 in March. Some would say that Chuckie had special needs but to be around Chuckie showed me, beyond a doubt, that it is the rest of us with special needs. Despite his hardships he always greeted you with a smile and let everyone in the room know how excited he was for your visit. Even when I walked into his room on Monday he lifted his head off his pillow as if to greet me. I will miss our visits, my friend, and I will never sing ‘Rainbow Connection’ without thinking of you and smiling. You were a bright and shiny light in our midst and I am a better person from having known you. I hold your incredible family in my thoughts and prayers.