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| Typical David and Payton behavior. |
Something that makes this tragedy even more painful is watching my younger brother, David cope with the loss of his best friend, Payton. These two were best buds growing up and I have so many fond memories of these two goof balls being mischievous and finding ways to annoy my sister, Amy and I. We were reminiscing on some memories we had of Payton, and each one truly brought a smile to my face. Some of our favorite memories were when him and David went into Amy's closet and played dress up with her clothes. Amy was so mad, but we couldn't help but laugh at how cute they both looked in their skirts and flowers in their hair. Another memory was one day when my Mom was trying to pick out a jacket from a catalog and Payton tried to help her by saying "Oh, I think you would look really nice in this one Judy!" Or the time when my Mom took a video of the boys eating at Hardees after spending all day working on a snow fort. For about a minute Payton continuously changed his facial expressions into the most twisted, goofy, yet really cute ways. Another time I spent 6 hours helping the boys and their partner, Laura with a video project for their English class. This consisted of the three dressing up in whatever we could find in the closet and attempting to sound like they were talking in Khoisan, the African language that sounds like clicking. Payton decided that he would wear a shirt as a pair of shorts. He really pulled off this look nicely.
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| Teammates since the beginning. |
Payton truly was like a second little brother when I was growing up. We will all miss his smile, laugh, athleticism, friendship, and most of all his wonderful sense of humor that brought joy and laughter to so many.
"Let brotherly
love continue." Hebrews 13:1
It is so terrible how things like this happen, but the Bible verses you have chosen with this piece and the other recent post are spoken very well. I also had to watch my brother lose his best friend, definitely not even close to how horrible this situation is, but he had to watch his best friend move to the other side of the country which really crushed him. So I understand the heartbreak of watching someone we love go through something nobody deserves to go through. On a lighter note, I love the theme of your blog and your use of pictures and different font colors. It makes the posts more interesting and separates the information nicely. Great job! :)
ReplyDeleteIt is terrible how this kind of stuff happens to the best of people. I was literally in tears while reading this is was so good. I could not even imagine the pain you and your brother are going through and I truly hope things will get better.
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