ZachIsHere

An old friend of mine Kyle “Z Man” passed away a few nights ago. Died in his sleep for reasons that are at this time unknown. Twenty two years old; healthy and athletic. When things like this happen it always seems like people misrepresent their relationship with someone. Kyle and I were not best friends. We played Lacrosse together for a few years and spent time with all the mutual friends we had. He was always smiling and he was very friendly to me. I felt an immediate connection because of our similar senses of humor. I think it is unfortunate out paths didn’t get to cross more during the past few years. Some of my best friends were very close with him one being his cousin. I feel frustrated that I can’t do more for them. What do you say? There isn’t much. I dislike the feeling of helplessness these situations throw at my door because all you want to do is make people that you care for feel better. At the end of the day you can only do so much…

I have told this story a lot over the years. It is so much better for the people that were there. I will never forget hanging out with some people at Dirk’s House on the back deck. The back of Dirk’s home looks over a pretty good sized lake. We were throwing around the lacrosse ball and someone noticed some geese on the other side of the lake. Thinking it was impossible someone mentioned how impressive it would be if a person could actually peg one of those geese with a lacrosse ball. Kyle picks up a stick with the ball in the pouch and launches it. The ball goes out of sight and suddenly you heard the sound of some really pissed off geese. The guy actually made the shot that I would say was about the length of a football field with a ball that is smaller than a baseball. It was impressive and funny at the same time. A bit absurd. I am sure the geese would not have been brought up if we actually thought they would get a shalacking at the hands of Kyle.

I don’t really know where he is right now but I hope it is a good place.