Walter

This post is about the most amazing person I have ever met. Walter B. Brooks Jr. He was a skinny kid that was goofy as hell and brought life to a room even if it was just him. Today marks the 4th anniversary of his untimely death. I cannot believe it has been this long and yet we all go about our business. Walter was how we could call gifted. He was fun loving, opinionated, a dancer, singer, musical artist and actor. This kid came into my life in 2007ish to 2008 when my brother started high school. (go to my stories section and read Coming out...the other side of the confession) There will explain my brother and his lifestyle. Back to this awesome person. Walter was someone who made me laugh to where I peed myself at least once or twice, and I'm not lying. He introduced me and Kevin to Glee. Many not like the show but we loved it and when he passed Kevin stopped watching. I guess you want me to go into what happened to this lively person. well you see, back in 2009 H1N1 was this horrible influenza that came out of no where and we were not ready for it. Walter was fit as a fiddle, working a job at the mall and going to AACC and then he fell ill. The first hospital dismissed it as just the flu and he should be fine in a few days. Well the last time I saw him walking and talking was when Kevin and him had friends come into town and as they were leaving I gave him a hug because he just made me smile. He hugged me back and kissed me on the cheek. That week we heard he was on a respirator to help him breath and that the infection was taking over his lungs along with a staph infection. I cried for days when I heard this news. I remember going to the library when we didn't have a computer and seeing my brother's Facebook status. It read "I want my best friend back." Seeing that broke my heart. Walter went under many surgeries to get oxygen to his organs and then the doctors finally made a decision that they would have to amputate his legs from above the knee so the white blood cells could fight the infection in his lungs. On October 20th, 2009 they did the surgery and everything went well. At least until I was woken up by a text message from Kevin saying to come pick him up from school and that he was gone. Tears filled my eyes and I had to drag myself up my stairs to tell my mother what happened. We both cried to where we couldn't breathe and asking God why he took this child away. Why did he end his life so short when he was just starting to live? I believe many stopped believing that day. I even questioned my own faith a couple times but then I saw how many lives were saved after he passed. There was a cure and vaccine after that. Yes I miss him and probably don't think about him as much as I used to but that is life and that is how he would want it. Yes your allowed to be sad, to cry but also remember your living in the now and cherish the life you were given. I'm going to attach videos of songs that make me remind me that he was once a live and I got to have a piece of him in my life. I love you buddy and I miss you too. Keep watching over everyone's life you have touched and I pray we meet again. R.I.P.

even though this is the glee version I think he would have loved it.