Not even 6 months ago I got the worst call of my entire life. My best friend Ben had just passed out in the locker room and it wasnât looking good.
Man, itâs hard to explain what itâs like to be driving 100miles an hour screaming to God to bring your grind back and wake you up from this nightmare at the top of your lungs.
Pain isnât even close to enough of word.
But itâs in the moments like walking into Papa Kwonâs Cafe with Benâs whole family not even 48 hours after and hearing Only The Good Die Young while they called for a man named Ben who never showedâŚ
That youâll realize although you lost your person for now, you also gained a guardian angel for life.
Dammit now Iâm crying on the internet again lol but whatever man, I donât even care.
This lesson saved my life and I pray it can maybe save one more.
Thank you again Ben for being the best person Iâve met and showing us all what it meant to live life to the fullest.
The joy you added into this world is why I now know that there are no punishments of God that are not gifts.
And Iâm just so eternally grateful we never took that for granted our whole time together too.
Mark my words, the Ben Bader legacy will live with me forever just like this tattoo⌠I LOVE YOU BEN BADER!!! đ¤â¤ď¸ #LLBB
To my brother from another Ben,
This was the photo we took from the first night after I had moved to Miami.
Literally all we did was go to dinner but I deadass couldnât stop smiling because I knew I had finally got the best friend I had been praying for so long for.
I had been going through such a dark time before this but I almost forgot it happened because of the light you instantly were in my life.
You were never stressed, you were never worried and you were never anything but a BLESSING everywhere you went.
And it wasnât because you were faking it, it was because you were really just that fucking awesome.
Anytime I was with you I felt like problems didnât exist.
How could they? Ben didnât have any.
The world could be falling apart and youâd still figure out a reason to laugh and dance off beat to it.
You truly knew how to live life to the fullest and it was so special to be around everyday.
And even though I donât think Iâll ever be okay from this horrible mishap happening, Iâm just so grateful you achieved so many of your dreams in this short but epic life you had and that I got to enjoy so many of them with you too.
Youâre the best friend anyone couldâve ever asked for and I will forever thank God that I was lucky enough to be one of them.
The boys and I will be honoring your name and looking out for the fam until the day we join you too my brother. Trust.
I fucking love you so much Ben Bader.
I would do anything just to have you kick my ass in 1 on 1 or rap Nobodyâs Perfect in the car one more time. I miss you already dude. đđ
