Dear Mikey
Dear Mikey,
Its been a while since we last chatted. It has been over 5 years. Five long years.
How is it going? I heard that you haven't coughed in years and that you are playing the drums in a new band.
There have been so many changes on the Internet since you were active. For instance, you know the way how you interacted with hundreds of people on a daily basis via IM and AOL? You would now love Facebook. The only problem for you on Facebook would be that you would be limited to only 5000 friends. Don't get me started on Twitter, because you predated it by a while. You would have about a million followers, and actually interact with each one on a daily basis.
I spoke with Rachael last night. She isn't Hirsch anymore, but you know that, because you played heavenly music at her wedding last week. We reminisced about all those weeks that we walked through Schenley Park to visit you in Oakland. I saw that Natalie also just had a baby girl (see! Facebook is quite helpful!) You know that our cousin Naava is one of my closest friends and confidantes.
Over the past year, I have thought of two of your lessons quite often, and have aimed to inculcate them into my own life.
Your catchphrase "Day by Glorious Day", while I honestly do not use it, I try to live it. Every day is a gift not to be squandered. I cherish every moment that you spent with me, talking, advising, and, of course, chastising. :)
But perhaps the lesson that I quote the most is your desire for normalcy. A day that you won't cough, that you wouldn't go to the hospital, that you would be able to make the same choices and have the same opportunities as everyone else.
Life isn't perfect. While we go through love and heartbreak, through times of success and times of need, this is normal.
Today is my saddest day of the year. You were not my sick cousin, you were my big brother while I was in high school and my first year of college.
I really miss you.
Love,
Ezra
Its been a while since we last chatted. It has been over 5 years. Five long years.
How is it going? I heard that you haven't coughed in years and that you are playing the drums in a new band.
There have been so many changes on the Internet since you were active. For instance, you know the way how you interacted with hundreds of people on a daily basis via IM and AOL? You would now love Facebook. The only problem for you on Facebook would be that you would be limited to only 5000 friends. Don't get me started on Twitter, because you predated it by a while. You would have about a million followers, and actually interact with each one on a daily basis.
I spoke with Rachael last night. She isn't Hirsch anymore, but you know that, because you played heavenly music at her wedding last week. We reminisced about all those weeks that we walked through Schenley Park to visit you in Oakland. I saw that Natalie also just had a baby girl (see! Facebook is quite helpful!) You know that our cousin Naava is one of my closest friends and confidantes.
Over the past year, I have thought of two of your lessons quite often, and have aimed to inculcate them into my own life.
Your catchphrase "Day by Glorious Day", while I honestly do not use it, I try to live it. Every day is a gift not to be squandered. I cherish every moment that you spent with me, talking, advising, and, of course, chastising. :)
But perhaps the lesson that I quote the most is your desire for normalcy. A day that you won't cough, that you wouldn't go to the hospital, that you would be able to make the same choices and have the same opportunities as everyone else.
Life isn't perfect. While we go through love and heartbreak, through times of success and times of need, this is normal.
Today is my saddest day of the year. You were not my sick cousin, you were my big brother while I was in high school and my first year of college.
I really miss you.
Love,
Ezra
