10/20/2025
Aj, I like to think your friendship is like a tree. It’s grown roots deep into my life, and so many others.
Your tree stands tall in a meadow- full of flowers and light, surrounded by beings who your love has touched. The tree is filled with friends that you taught to how climb it. Your beautiful pottery lies at the base, growing moss and housing the fairies from fair.
Your life was full of adventure, taking risks, and loving tremendously.
Meeting you over 10 years ago, we became instant friends. We bonded over pottery. You introduced me to fire dancing and rock climbing. You came to visit me over the years, and finally decided to move to Bend and help me open Synergy.
I thank you endlessly for the friendship, hard times and deep conversations, fun adventures, scary repels down rock walls, traveling to new countries together, fire dancing in front of hundreds of people together at shady rest, taking the risk of opening a community pottery studio during the pandemic… it’s unlike any relationship I’ve had.
They say find someone who brings out the best in you. My friend, you brought out good parts of me I didn’t even know existed.
Your energy will continue to radiate in this life. It’s too beautiful to forget ❤️🩹🌳
