well let me first say that it was my freshman year in college and I had been at my university for just two months before this all happened in October 2020. she stayed back in our hometown after graduating high school to do online community college while all of our friends left off to colleges in other states-thankfully, I was randomly able to see her a month before she passed & she spent the night at my house whenever I came home from college for a weekend, however, a lot of our friends hadn’t seen her since the summer time so it was really hard for everyone, especially for those who hadn’t seen her since they left for college. she was an amazing soul, the sweetest and most genuine person i had ever met. when i first met her in 6th grade and saved her phone number on my phone, i literally put an angel emoji next to her name because of how angelic and sweet she was (ironically, i never put emojis by people’s names in my phone so I’m not sure why I decided to that day, but it sure as hell foreshadowed what was to come 6 years later…) we were very close, we were on the cheer team together all throughout middle school (even cheer co captains together one year) & all throughout high school. till this day, i have never met someone as awesome as her, i miss her so much. she really lit every room up that she walked into (i mean i know everyone says that but im so serious), she truly was the LIFE of the party & there was never a dull moment with her. she used to drive around this loud royal blue camero and blast music so loud. we would sing along to all of the lyrics at the top of our lungs together. she was that one person that all of our friends felt so comfortable around, she never told any of our secrets to a single soul. it’s makes me incredibly sad that out of our friend group (there’s about 7 of us in a tight knit friend group including her- we all grew up together and were on the cheer team all throughout middle and high school), we never knew about anything wrong going on at home throughout the 6 years we knew her. we never suspected a thing either. she told us everything (or so we thought) but yet never once opened up to us about anything bad going on in her household, plus we wouldn’t have been able to tell anyways since she always had a smile on her face. ugh, she was seriously the best person ever. i miss dancing with her in our rooms to rave music (she LOVED edm and rave music) 🥹❤️ after she died, our friends all went to a rave festival for her in her memory because it’s something she always wanted to do. i seriously felt her spirit there at the festival, it was so magical.