Oh my Lexi, it has taken me this whole year to even begin to write this. I’ve been in shock, paralyzed by the knowledge of your leaving us here on this earth to be with the Lord.
Growing up, we always thought we would end up being old hippies together on a ranch with a whole bunch of animals.
My dearest Lex, my best friend, my sister, my “mom”, my confidante, my partner in crime, most spectacular person.
I remember the day I met you…. at Meadow Oaks School seeing you riding your horse, you were a natural, a pro, I was so impressed, and horseback riding was our favorite thing in the whole world, so there began our friendship and our years of being inseparable.
We rode horses every day, every moment we could. Some of my favorite memories were racing our horses along the dirt roads near your house, galloping in the hills of Calabasas, and getting our horses ready for the many different horse show events that we competed in. I still have Canyon, the offspring of your favorite horse Brandy.
Lex, you were more than a being, you were a force. Everything you did, you did with passion. You trained horses, worked, loved, played, made music, sang, danced, you lived a full life and made other people’s lives much fuller and better for knowing you.
An artist of beauty, a master at your very special calling, a love for people that surpassed most people’s love. You saw the very best in all of us, you saw in us what we didn’t see in ourselves, our inner beauty but especially our outer beauty, and you had the most phenomenal talent for bringing light and color and animation to our faces, naturally, bringing out the most beautiful features. And we believed… to truly be this beautiful person inside and out, we became that…..
You and I used to tell each other that we were like each other’s right arm. When we were apart, something important was terribly missed, we couldn’t live without each other…how I feel now my Lexi, I never thought I would have to find out what it’s like living without you here….
Godspeed my friend.