Sucky.

So I was posting some birthday wishes on Facebook today. I noticed that on my friend Andrew's wall, a girl had written a happy birthday message ending with "rest in peace." Under normal circumstances, I would have thought about it more, but after that message, she posted a poll about "is Andrew a good kisser?" Well I posted my happy birthday message, and I checked back a little later. Someone else wrote "rest in peace." I did a little Googling, and I found his obit.

Andrew Monroe Parsell, 24, of Frisco, Texas, died on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009, in Frisco, Texas.
He was born on March 5, 1984, in Winchester and was a son of Anthony Monroe and Kathy Lynn Jenkins Parsell of Stanley.
Mr. Parsell was a student at the University of North Texas.
Surviving in addition to his parents are a sister, Kayla L. Parsell of Stanley; a brother, Stanley W. Parsell of Winchester; and grandparents, Chester and Elizabeth Jenkins of Stanley.
A funeral service was conducted on Tuesday, March 3, at the Bethlehem Christian Church by Pastor Frank Good Jr. and the Rev. Eric Croft. Burial was in Graves Chapel Cemetery in Stanley.
Memorial contributions may be made to the family to help with expenses.

Andrew was one of my really close friends back when we were younger... during my post-swimming days about 7 years ago. I even flew to Virginia to drive with him back to Texas. We tried driving the whole way through and ended up stopping in Arkansas because we were falling asleep at the wheel. And I'll always remember that he was my only guy friend I said "I love you" to. We fell out of touch for awhile after some cruddy stuff happened. We had talked on the phone and emailed a few times over the past couple years. The last time I heard from him was about 2-3 months ago, and he was really depressed. I wrote back, but didn't get a response. I messaged those two people on his Facebook who posted the "rest in peace" comments to try to find out what happened, although I have a pretty good idea. It's so sad that a life can end after only 24 years. Rest in peace, Andrew. I'll miss you, and I'm sorry I didn't keep in better touch. I wish I had looked out for you better.

I lifted a picture off his Facebook since I don't have any digital photos of us...