courtesy of libraryvicious
this is the last picture i will be posting - i’m pretty sure it’s the last one i have. it’s been 6 months since Stephen passed away. this has been a very hard time for me and contrary to what is said - it doesn’t really get easier with time. people who say that have never lost some one they truly loved, i suppose. it doesn’t get easier - you just learn to side step the giant aching hole their absence leaves in your life. granted, in time you do learn to live with the pain but it doesn’t get easier or hurt less. it’s just becomes familiar. i realize more and more all the time just how lucky i was to meet Stephen. when this first happened i couldn’t believe that my friend and companion had been jerked from me so early in our friendship. i’ve had time to reflect these past months and more than bitterness and anger, i just feel goddamned lucky that i had a chance to know him at all, even if it was only a short time. i have never and, i’m sure, will never meet another human being at all like him. i know that it is common practice to put a person who passed away on a pedestal, but that is not the case here. Stephen really was a fucking amazing man. if you knew him at all, you know what i mean. i still cry for my friend everyday. i miss him more than anyone could ever know and my memories of my time spent with him are my most precious possessions. Stephen taught me what it felt like to be alive and i will forever be grateful to him and for the lessons he taught me. even though i know all of you miss him as much as i do, i hope that instead of sadness his memory brings you happiness as well. much love. ♥