here's to the future

“So many. Just real, fun moments. Liam would always entertain me. If I was bored and wanted to have a laugh, he would play that role. (...) any opportunity Liam got like that, he was always, always there for me. Even if he might have been struggling, he put himself second and still turned up. Those moments are really testament to the truth of who he was as a person.”

I naively thought that, at this point, I’d unfortunately be a little bit more well versed with grief than other people my age. I thought that might mean something, but it didn’t at all. It’s something I’ll never really accept.

"We are deeply touched by the generosity shown to the hospital in Liam's memory. Every donation helps us take another step towards becoming a world-leading center for childhood cancer, a place of hope that will help shape the future of childhood cancer care and save more lives. It is a lasting legacy that will make a difference for generations."

It was really, really, impossibly difficult for me to deal with losing Liam. Naively, I thought that because at this point, I’m relatively well versed in grief for my age, that it might soften the blow. [That was] super-naive. It’s very different. I’ve never lost a friend before.

It was really uncomfortable, actually, the 15th anniversary, because the [collective] feeling to celebrate is as important, if not more important than ever, on behalf of Liam. You know, there’s still a level in my head [where it feels] unjust and frustrating that he’s not with us anymore. So, it just brought up those feelings, although I’m still living with them anyway.