My dear Michael,
 To you, I say I love you!  You & I were so much alike in so many ways, yet you were so unique!
 You were so young when I embraced your Dad and we all became a family.   I was very young also.  I've spent a lot of time thinking about that fact lately.
  Increasingly, as these days pass, I feel like I missed my opportunity to continue my relationship with you over these past years, and to  play a role in your adult life that I have wanted to rekindle for so long now.  I began to miss you & John terribly many, MANY years ago.  
  At this point, its become obvious that now, I will continue to always miss you terribly.  Sometimes we have to find a way to receive and accept the reality that our Creator orchestrates a grander plan than we can envision for ourselves, that our human experience is exactly as it is supposed to be, no matter our perceptions of our triumphs, our failures,  and no matter how badly those perceived failures may hurt.  
  The heartbreak I feel since your passing is approaching the unbearable now.  Although I often say it to others, and truly believe it's true, I simply can not seem to embrace the idea that this is exactly as it supposed to be, that your passing at this time is in line with the Divine order of things.
To your family, I say I love you too.  I'm so deeply sorry for your great loss.  I still feel a very powerful sense of connection to you guys.  My innate  empathic nature puts me in a unique position where I literally feel your pain.  I am heartbroken for you all.  To your sweet, beautiful Bride, I say I am heartbroken for you too.  I simply can not imagine the depth of emotion you are exploring right now.  
  To your amazing friends that have so beautifully expressed their love of you, of that SMILE, of your unique way with each of them, I say I'm so sorry for your loss.  The loss of a true friend is a deeply painful loss.  
 And again dear one, to YOU, I say I love you, and I miss you.  Always have...  Always will...

Michael ,
Everytime I came up to talk to you you had a big smile on your face. I dont think I ever saw you have a bad day. You were loyal and dedicated to your job, your family and your friends. People like you are hard to find. We laughed together about your choice of music. That blond wig was hilarious. Brother I  am missing you alot. God had his plan. I love you my friend. RIP.

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Michael Rodriguez

May 17, 1973 – January 4, 2019

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