| okay, i know that this is REALLY LONG OVERDUE... but it has taken me a while to be able to get over the death of my really good friend, Brandyn. I never really knew Matt, but from what I heard about him, he sounds as awesome as his big brother.
Brandyn and I were on the Azle tennis team together. Every morning while warming up, we would almost always chose to hit on either court one or court two with doubles partners. but the thing is, that instead of letting our partners play, it was really a volley duel between the both of us. Oh man, the many bruises I got from playing against Brandyn. And i remember him grinning and laughing the whole time while doing it and hitting me in the most bizarre places too. If ever there was a morning where I was feeling blue, Brandyn's smile was always there to make me feel better. 2 years ago for homecoming 2004, Brandyn, Jeannie Hoang and Jennifer Hoang and I all left last period early to go to the Hoang's asian mansion and go hang out. I remember riding in his POS car. oh man, the suspension on that car was hilarious. going down the highway all of a sudden hit a pothole and the next thing ya know its like your sitting on a pogo stick. After that, Brandyn and I went to Dollar General to go get candy and I remember his driving(we were on the Azle tennis team...of course were gonna drive like rednecks) and instead of driving in the turn in he decides to drive into the parking lot over the curb. that was hilarious...he was one heck of a spontaneous kid.
He graduated in 2005, so i didnt really get to see him as much as frequently as i would have liked too. I remember like the week or so before he passed away, he randomly calls me up and says "hey do you wanna go and see charlie and chocolate factory with me?" so im like YEAH!! any johnny depp movie has got to be the best (BTW: pirates of the carribean 2 and 3 is on its way to theatres soon) and so we went to the star village theatre up in lake worth. i remember seeing Aubrey and his girlfriend leaving the theatres at the same time we were walkin up. I remember when i first saw him how his eyes lit up and his smile was so illuminescent. all throughout the movie he was smiling and laughing, and after the movie we decided to go to subway by Mark Deans. The parking lot was full and so when i found one spot up front i tried to squeeze in. But what happened was i ACCIDENTALLY ended up having my front bumper touch the other car next to me. I WAS REALLY freaked out. But Brandyn was there to tell me that it was perfectly okay and that there was nothing to worry about. that he had done the same thing several times before accidentaly and on purpose. i remember then saying goodbye to him, only i didnt know that that was going to be the last time i would get to say it in person.
When the news came that he was in the accident, i left school and went to the hospital. i waited for hours while praying with the rest of the azle-ites hoping that god would spare his life. only, if he had, Brandyn would have been a vegetable for the rest of his life.
we all miss you buddy, god bless. i still tear up when i think about you. i know that we left physical temporary bruises on each other's body, but you left one big permanent one on my heart. i love you Brandyn.
<3 amanda richardson |
