We went off roading in waiparous one time and got both of our trucks stuck. Sun going down, it's getting cold, no cell reception, nobody around for miles. I'm scared for my life and he smiles and looks at me saying, "isn't this awesome?!?".
Standing in the hall outside band class. I'm having a bad day and this little weirdo who I've never talked to before comes up and asks, "hey man, is everything okay?" He always checked on people, even strangers.
5 years and many parties later we went for lunch. I asked him if he wanted to go swimming after. He looked at me smiling and said, " I can't swim but hell ya, let's go!!." He was always down for anything.
Some years and more drunken memories later. I called him randomly to see how he was doing. He told me, "I'm moving to Australia for work. I leave next week." I told him we were gonna spend the day together Saturday as a send off. He said, "absolutely!!!" We went shooting, smoked cigars, drank good whiskey, went to rec room, went axe throwing, and ended the night drinking whiskey and eating smoked meat at a restaurant. I didnt have much money at the time, yet he drove and paid for pretty much everything. On a day that was meant for him. He was generous that way.
Losing him is heartbreaking. Not only to me but to everyone he came in contact with. But im grateful to have those experiences with him. And I'm truly privileged to be able to call him my friend. Now he gets to go on the ultimate adventure. Love you Ambrose. Heaven is just the start for you but we all know you'll continue to soar higher.
