Grief is an emotion I’ve had less experience with personally, and I’m learning it’s an emotion that comes and goes, and crashes like waves. The last few days I’ve been grieving the loss of one of my closest cousins and friends, Courtney.

Courtney is so hard to summarize in words, but to say he lived life fully and created real change and community in his brief 22 years is an understatement. He is a glowing light wherever he goes, and his glow will be apart of us forever. As one friend put it, his “everglow.”

I love you so much cousin, friend, little brother, Courtney! I will think of you often; when I take public transit that you advocated for, while I’m laughing at Parks & Rec, when I get way too much Taco Bell, when I think of our trip to Mexico and Guatemala and how I made you use your Spanish speaking skills to haggle for a small souvenir against your will, whenever I’m spending time with your mom and siblings, and every time I pause to enjoy the sunset and think about things being “okay” the way you were right before we lost you. I’m so glad I will get to think of you often and I’m lucky to have known you.

Rest in power cuzz ♥️ #LoveForCourtney #CourtneyTrain

— Aman Goyal