(Given at the Funeral) (postponed)

He was my friend... my very best friend. We shared many great moments in our childhood, memories that will never die, nor cease to live on in memory. I could go on for hours about the great moments we shared together, both good and bad. Our snowboarding instructor used to call us the 'untamable two'. Total nutcases in our youth, but we grew up. Not just grew up, we watched each other grow up, which is an experience that I will never forget. Rowdy kids, to teenagers, and all the way to jobs after college. These are experiences that will forever be a part of me; not just a part of me, they made me who I am now. From skiing, to snowboarding, making fun of his little brother, tennis lessons together, skinny dipping in the pond, biking in the woods, and fishing on the Hudson... we were inseparable. Long nights of laying in the grass and talking, catching fireflies... this is how I choose to remember him. Yet I cannot forget the last time I saw him. It is the most vivid memory in my mind and that's okay. I will forever remember his smile, and how happy he was with life, which was taken far too early. A void in my very being exists with Kent gone. For everyone who's life he touched, I want you to know that he loved every moment that he was with you and will be with you wherever you journey to. This is what Kent would have wanted. Live your life and always remember the good times with him and the good times we had with him that has touched each and every one of us. The tragedy that has befallen us will never leave, but we can take the good moments and reflect on how that impacted our lives.