On Thursday, April 17th, 2008, Elinor Sara Eaton, a very valuable and close friend and someone with whom I shared some of the best times of my life, passed away.

It was sudden and shocking, and I know that I have not yet managed to process in my mind that she is gone...

I'll always remember the good times, Ellie. I'll remember how you and I used to have normal contests, seeing who could blink with the most regularity. I'll remember the time we spent at the cottage, watching Jake take his shirt off or this or that. I'll remember the time we spent here, either geeking it up on the Sims or having sleepovers or just hanging out. I'll remember the time we spent at your house, doing the same. I'll remember the times I talked you out of grief... I'll remember the times you were there for me. I'll remember how you were always the brightest ray of sunshine around, even on the cloudiest day, and how your laugh could always make me smile.

I'll remember how strange you were while you claimed to be normal. I'll remember all the times on the hill near Starbucks where we spent all that time. I'll remember how we once walked through Scarberia in the middle of the night after dying rainbows into my hair to go to a little park and talk about how I was getting old, how I would soon be 20 years old.

And I'll remember how we made our coffee date that day, so that in ten years... in 2017... you and I would go to a Starbucks, no matter how long it had been since we were last together.

I love you Ellie and you will never be forgotten as long as I live.