R.I.P Nello Marconi. I will never forget you.

You know how they have those little reminders on Facebook about your friends' birthdays? Well, on January 7th I went to write on my friend Nello's wall. I was looking at it expecting to see a bunch of "Happy Birthday bro", stuff like that. Instead I found "R.I.P". I called our friend Lillian and found out that he had died. I contributed to the R.I.P on the wall and wished him well in Heaven.

Turns out he went out drinking one night with some friends, pretty heavily I might add. He and a friend went down to the pier and jumped off into the water. His friend swam ashore, but Nello didn't. They found his body the next day. I was stunned when Lillian told me about this.

He moved out to San Diego a few months ago for his job, I knew it was going to be a while before I saw him again, but I never thought that something like this was going to happen. Nello was a person who once you met him, you just fell in love with him. He would instantly become a part of your life that would be hard to let go of. Personally, I was extremely fond of him. I just wish that he had been more careful, and that he was still around. There are so many people who miss him and are just completely heartbroken that he's gone. I also wish that I had spent more time with him before he moved to San Diego.

I love you Nello. There was something about you that just got to me. I miss you, and I will never forget you. I know that you'll never know that now, but it's still worth it for me to say.

R.I.P Nello Marconi. May you lay in the sun on the beaches in the sky, keeping a close watch over your family and friends, protecting us and showing us how you will always be here. You will always be a part of us. We love and miss you.

January 7, 1981 - December 9, 2007