Mahito Forever

-The first time I met you, you had dyed your hair to look like a ladybug 🙂
-Our many hiking adventures on the Big Sur River
-The time there was a little green lizard that was too close to the
trail so you fashioned a lasso out of a long piece of grass, looped it
around the lizard’s foot on the first try and moved him to a safer
branch.
-Our first “official” date
-The best college parties. Ever.
-The fact that you put a stripper pole in your apt just because someone
said they’d dance on it if you had one (and that you had all the
necessary tools & supplies in your garage!)

-The way you got all embarrassed when your mom showed me the pic & newspaper article from when you were 16 & went to Kobe, Japan to work as a volunteer after the earthquake
-Drinking too many of your awesome shots/cocktails
-Your amazingly huge, comfy bean bag
-Your culinary skills
-Your big bear hugs
-Your infectious grin and laugh
-Your generous spirit

Love you, big guy. I’ll always miss you.

~Jill Bagley-Azevedo