17. Jan, 2022
Voortrekkerbaadjie (Scouts Jacket)
Yesterday I started the process of finalising your Voortrekker jacket. I have been postponing it since you died. I think because I just could not handle that the Sunday before you died, was the happiest day of your life and the second happiest day was the day you died. You were made Junior Youth Leader and you looked so proud when they called your name. I will forever remember the: "YES!!!" you said loudly and the way you got up with your head held high.
I also postponed it because you will never complete your grade 7 Voortrekker year, get Voorslag and move to becoming a Verkenner. You will never be able to get that which your team mates will get the chance to do. All your opportunities to lead and to teach and to make people happy was ripped away by a freak fall and bumping your head on a rock and getting tangled in a rope, which suffocated you.
But like I promised you that day when you died, I will walk this path and I will learn to live life like you did. Always seeing the brighter side of things even when you get knocked down again. But is it hard, it the hardest most painful thing to do, taking another breath without you.