Dc’s Letter to His Best Buddy, Steve

DC has been involved in the Best Buddy program, since he was in middle school. Steve has been DC’s Buddy for the past three years. As I’ve told him many times, he is the best, most involved Buddy DC has ever had. Steve will be graduating from college this May. He will be either heading to Boston or back home. In either case, he will not be living close by any more. We will be sorry to loose him. DC will be assigned a new Buddy next year and that buddy has very big shoes to fill! I am hoping that Steve and DC will keep in touch after he leaves even though he won’t be his official Best Buddy anymore. DC hopes so too.

(Steve and DC – Photos in no particular order)

 

Birthday Bash (DC and 3 friends celebrated their Birthdays together)

Team Trick or Trek 2012

Walking – Camp walk

Halloween 2012

R-Word Rally 2014

2012 Camp Walk

R-word Rally 2013

Camp Walk 2012

R-word 2014

Spring Fling 2014

Starting the walk

21st Birthday Party

Halloween 2012 (?)

Steve and DC – Spring Fling 2014

Halloween 2013 – Best Buddies

Halloween Party 2011

R-word Rally 2013 B

Looking at books at camp walk

DC’s 21st Birthday Bash

21st Birthday – Steve with DC’s support Staff Elizabeth

Halloween Dance 2014

Camp Walk – Team “Trick or Trek”

Spring Fling Dancing

Best Buddies – Spring Fling

r-word 2014 Rally

Steve and DC – BB 2013

Birthday celebration

VisitingDC at work 2013

Camp Walk

Best Buddies 2011 – Party

Halloween 2011

BB Halloween 2013

Halloween 2013 BB

Spring Fling 2013 – DC, Steve and CM

21st Birthday celebration

R-word rally. Steve waiting to give his speech with DC 2013

Birthday Dinner 22nd 2013

Halloween 2012

22nd Birthday Dinner

Spring Fling – Dance 2014

 

The following was written by DC. Of course it took awhile, he didn’t just sit down and type. I asked him questions and he answered them. His answers made up this post.

The content below are DC’s words. It was typed entirely by him (over a few days, as typing more than a sentence or two at a time, is not “fun” for him).

Nothing was corrected or edited. I love it just the way it is.

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dear steve

I am happy your are best buddie.

we had lots of fun together .

I liked going to parties and eating food.

I am a good dancer

I will miss you very very much wen you go home .

I hope we will talk on the telephone .

and on the FACEBOOK .

I WILL RELLY AGAIN MISS YOU**.

I LOVE BOSTON

YOUR FRIEND .

DC

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and I do believe that he will miss him, very much………………….

 

Thank you also from me. I know it is often difficult to carry on a conversation and/or understand what he is talking about, which is usually why his former Buddies did not show very much interest, but you hung in there. He really enjoyed your company and as much as he does not like to talk on the phone, he DID really enjoy receiving calls from you. We wish you nothing but the best after graduation. You deserve it!

 

**”I WILL RELLY AGAIN MISS YOU” – just another example of Literally Speaking. DC said “I will really, really miss him” and I told him he should write that in his letter.

He then looked to me to repeat what he just said word for word, so he could type it.

I said: “I will really and then write ‘really’ again – miss you” Meaning write really twice.

So it came out as “I will really again miss you....