My wonderful Norni... It's been a couple of weeks now since the last time I saw you, and had I known that it would be the last time, I would have stayed until the end. I still can't believe you're gone. I write this with the heaviest heart and it took me awhile to have the strength to do so, because I know that you won't be able to read it. Norni, I'm so blessed to have been your grandson. I will never forget the memories we shared together, the laughs we had as I grew up, the love you never once loved any less of me, and I will never forget your face. You made me the strong man that I am today, and for that I am eternally grateful. I regret not calling you every day, but whenever I did talk to you, you always lit up like the North Star and any pain you had washed away. The times we had together will never leave me nor will the lessons you taught me all my life. You always put me before yourself and sacrificed everything to raise me right. Your love was one of a kind and I miss it so much. I wish I could go back in time, to be reborn again, so I could have 26 more years with you Norni. I wish we could go to the park together again, to go back to St. Thomas, or go to another Christmas bazaar at the local churches. I wish I could help you with your yard sales or just sit at home playing Old Maid while we watch The Golden Girls again. Anything we did together I loved every minute, and I would give anything to have those times back. There were times where I got into trouble and made you mad, but you never stopped loving me. You never gave up on me when I wanted to give up on myself. Growing up I never once thought I would ever lose you or the day would come where I would never get to hear your laugh again; once that day did come, I felt like my whole soul was ripped apart, I felt like I had just been thrown into the darkest pit. You were my light, Norni, and you always will be. The last night I saw you, you were happy. We joked and watched a movie together in your room at Cherry Hill, I didn't want to leave you because I knew deep down that you weren't getting better. I would have given anything to have had the power to heal you, to take you out of that chair so you could walk...but I know now that you are walking, wherever you are, and that you're no longer suffering and that gives me peace. You were so loved Norni. I hold you close to me every single day and I do my best to talk and reach out to you, hoping that you're listening. I hope that you're watching over me, or walking beside me, wherever I go or feel stressed. I know you were so proud of me for anything I ever did, and I know you were trying to save money for me for my surgery. Now I know that you'll be there with me through it. I promise to take the best care of our crystals, and I'll get that tattoo you drew for me. I love you always Norni, and I miss you dearly. I hope that we will be together again very soon. Please say hello to uncle and great Norni for me. I love you Norni...for the bong iiiii's...love always, your grandson Orlando