True friendship is seen through the heart, not through the eyes.

I said good bye to a longtime friend today, though in my heart there will never really be a good bye. I cried as people I've known since I was 7 or 8 years old stood up and recounted how my friend had touched their lives, I was way too much of a wreck to speak myself, I just couldn't do it.

He touched my life in so many ways and he was instrumental in my development as a creative person. I will never forget him and his influence on me is strong. I am a better person for knowing him but I am terribly sad tonight and my heart is a little more broken and beat up today then it was yesterday.