For a long time, I was too shocked to think about this. I live right by what used to be where he and his family lived. I’m 11 years old, and I was best friends with his daughter Ellie before COVID (when I was 8 years old.) Who I still miss. I played with Ellie pretty much every day. Sometimes we even had dinner together! Andy (even though he wasn’t my dad) was like a dad to me.
When I look out my window, I see that apartment, and I remember that tree stencil thing on Ellie’s bedroom window and every room in the house, and I long for that stuff to still be there even though someone else lives there now. I never expected everything to happen so quickly.
When I heard that Andy was gone, I remember I stood there wide-eyed, then walked out of the room. I had never imagined something like that could happen to someone I knew. I’ll remember him for the rest of my life.
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