Jacqui it is BEAUTIFUL! Like, I have tears in my eyes, beautiful! I wrote on his FB wall earlier that I was having something made in his honor, he would LOVE this! You have no idea how much this means to me. I'm not sure I could ever truly explain how much Brad meant to me, but I would love to have this with me at all times to try and honor him the best way I know how. He would be so thrilled knowing I quit smoking (he LOVED getting onto me for all my bad/unhealthy habits!).
Katdarling, I surely wasn't trying to make anyone cry! I love talking about him, he was the kind of person that always knew what to say, he was always positive and SO kind, he was the kind of person EVERYONE immediately loved and he never knew a stranger. He would call you out on your .... in no time, but in the kindest way possible. I WISH I was half the person he was, touch a quarter of the lives he touched, he was the closest thing to perfect I've ever had the honor of knowing. I truly wish everyone has a Brad in their life, it's been the hardest thing I've been through.
He had type 1 diabetes, he didn't tell anyone he lost his job, therefore his insurance and no one knew he wasn't getting his insulin. I was SO mad at him for the longest time b/c if he would have just said something, any one of us (his friends) would have helped, but he never wanted to burden anyone with his troubles. He leaves a son behind and that breaks my heart, that his son won't know the AMAZING person his father was.