2 years / Tim Frieden (stepfather)
Two years ago yesterday Austin left us. Everything is the same but everything is so different. The seasons come and go. Life goes on but Austin is not here physcially. My thoughts of Austin have been constantly with me over the last two years. Where would he be now, what would he be doing? At family gatherings he is missed.
I think of his neices and nephews and how they don't have him in their lives to do things with them. I think of his brothers and sister and what would their relationships be like. Instead everyone goes on as only they must. Everyone has been effected in their own way. I have profoundly been changed. Sensory perceptions at a heightened level and my overall consciousness broader. Or am I just getting older? Partly so but Austin had a huge impact. I owe that to him. Becausr of him I have changed as a man. The other day I was clearing out some old boxes from the attic. I came across a box. It had one of Austin's belts in it. It was small and would have fit him as a young boy. I wished so much I could have showed it to him now to compare how much he had grown. After he died I took one of his belts that he wore. I wear it just about every day and will do so until it falls apart. I'm not sure what I will do when that day comes. His car is really looking good and I think he would be proud of it. It won a trophy last year. His mother has put much effort into it but what else could one do with something of his like that.
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