Faiths Impact Statement

Impact Statement! L

v The actions of Tori have greatly affected my life. It will be years before I can really see all the ways I’m changed by this event. I’m 11…How many things will Tim not be there for? v Tim and I were very close. He was by far the best man in my life, my hero, and best friend.v Tim has been my brother since July 25, 2000 and we were torn apart just 11 short but fantastic fun years later because of a terrible choice Tori made. v I miss riding to school with him. I miss going down town. I miss him teaching me to long board. I can’t do these things anymore because it hurts to do them without Tim.v He was supposed to teach me to snowboard this year. Who will teach me now?v I’m worried I will forget what he looked like or what he sounded like.v When I wake up in the middle of the night from a nightmare or a sound that scares me and walk in his room I realize he is not there to comfort me. v This weekend while most of my friends were shopping and decorating their Christmas trees I had to write this impact statement because of a decision that cost my brother his life. v He didn’t get a choice to be here this year for Christmas. We took a family vote to skip Christmas because it hurts too much to even try to do it without my brother.v Today and for the rest of my life I am suffering the loss of my brother, my hero, my protector, my best friend. My pain will never go away. Not in a week or a month or a year or not even 20! v I have tried multiple times to reach out to Tori but she will not answer me. I wish she would say something. I feel like it might just make it hurt a little less but she won’t. v Nothing anyone can say or do will change the fact that I will NEVER have a brother. My brother.