Losing My Best Friend As A Teen
9 min readMay 27, 2021
(Edited from the original 2021 essay)
Today, May 26th, is the anniversary of the death of my best childhood friend.
In the spring of our junior year of high school, he died in a tragic car accident the day after we were inducted into the National Honor Society.
I’d like to share and reflect on the life and times of my best friend.