For Kristen

I thought I saw you on the street today. You were coming out of that coffee shop. The one where we would go to just hang out and soak up the atmosphere. I started to yell to get your attention. Only you turned around and it wasn't you. It was then I remembered. You aren't here anymore. I will never again see your smiling face. I will never hear your laughter. I will never see you being serious. We will never again have a heart to heart about your love life or mine. We will never, because you are gone. Your life was cut short. It ended on a dark road with a drunk driver. But let me not dwell on the never agains. Let me remember only those moments. Those moments we did have. Let me remember how thankful I am for having had you in my life. You touched me and so many others. Your life was not in vain. You touched more lives than you could have ever realized by just being you. You touched me and for that I am eternally thankful.

In loving memory of Dimitri