Happy Birthday

[Mommy]

Hi Michael!

Today is your birthday. Some of your friends are having a dinner party and telling "Michael" stories, which is music to my ears. ( I want to hear all those stories myself, although your dad smiles and says, " no you don't.") The love you brought to earth, and the love you left here still lights us...all of us. Sophia is 2 1/2 now and she told Katie she knows you. When Katie asked how she knows you she said, "He gives me hugs." She always lights up when she sees a picture of you and has since she was only a few months old. I want us to all feel those hugs. 

We had dinner with Peter's family in New Jersey. They are wonderful. Their son, Patrick went to Heaven five years ago. Katie and Peter know the same pain. I miss the big Christmas Eve dinners we use to have and tried to pass them off as your birthday dinner. I remember when you were about 16 you told me, "It's alright, Mom, I know it is Christmas Eve." I thought about you all day, Michael, and of the many birthdays we had. You would be thirty-five now, But I only got to have twenty-six. At least I got twenty-six.

I love you forever,

Mom

[Louis Beryl]

Mikey! 

Happy birthday buddy! I can't believe we are both thirty-five years old (well I am nearly). I have two kids now and am actually starting to feel "grown up" but it makes me smile to think of all the dumb things we used to do together. My daughter, Ella, is three years old and she's got sandy blonde hair and blue eyes and her smiling face often reminds me of yours. Louise and I also just had our first son 8 days ago and I named him Michael after you - my memories of you are some the happiest ones I have and so I wanted to name our son Michael so that I could say your name out loud everyday and remember my great friend and all those happy memories and smile. I also made Christoph, Mikey's godfather. I asked Christoph to teach him how to surf one day - I like the idea of me, you, Christoph and little Mikey all going surfing together again.

I love you buddy and I miss you so much - hope you're having an amazing birthday and happy xmas! 

- Louis  

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[Katie]

I love you Mikey. I miss you every day. 

[Anthony Unger]

Michael,

 

We will never forget you.

 

Tony and Joelle

 

[Mommy]

Louis, this is so beautiful of you. I am touched to the depths of my being by what you wrote. And we know Michael is, too.

With love,

Troas

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