Trichos, grief, and dying.

Hello all. It’s taken me a while to make this Post. I’ve been cactusing for 7 years now, and yes, I have a lot of cacti. But the relationships I’ve gained through this hobby I would have never seen coming. I met a dear friend about the same time, we share the same name and so do our daughters. Overtime, despite him living in NC and me in Florida, we became EXTREMELY close. Like, best friend I ever dreamed of having close. Over the years, I had sent him countless cuts for free. He was so appreciative and loved the so much.. I even sent him my very first cut I ever owned. I spoke to him Nov 24, he called just to shoot the sh*t, catch up. Turns out he passed 2 days later in the early morning hours of the 26. We always used secure messaging, no one could get in his phone, so his mom didn’t know how to contact me. Well, a few weeks ago she found a box I sent, and I guess I had a label with my name on it on the other side. She called me and broke the news. The world isn’t as beautiful as it was before he died. I knew, too, when he wasn’t returning my messages something was up. Now his mom needs me to come and get all my cacti back. To me this really shows how much deeper these plants are than just well.. plants. Ima drive there, it’ll be hard as shit to meet his family, see our plants.. but then I get to have something that WE both grew and loved. I can’t wait an I’m dreading it at the same time. Anyways tell the ones you love that you love them, be generous, and peace and love to you all. Till we meet again Evan. I love you brother.