When I first met Jude we were all just young kids maybe 12-13 years old. Instantly I knew we would be friends for a long time, he had the most confident, pure-hearted, and most welcoming personality I’ve seen in any person. We could always count on Jude to take care of us whether it be at a party, or making sure we had a ride home, — which was usually Jim our taxi driver… jude would spam that poor guy at 3 in the morning to come and pick us up. or whether anyone ever needed somewhere safe to sleep we could always count on Jude to let us crash on his couch or one of the many beds at his house—- now as long as it wasn’t his bedroom with his air conditioning- that’s a whole other story for a different time but we all know jude loved his bedroom with his cold air. But it was somewhere safe and he was always welcoming. Jude was the type of person that whenever he stepped foot into the room there was constant laughter and smiles on everyone’s faces, I mean I can’t even explain how many times Viv and I had been bent over laughing with him that our stomachs started to hurt from our laugh attacks. He was so quick-witted with his jokes and comebacks that many of us were in shock with some of the things he just thought of and came up with on the spot. Jude was the type of person who you could count on for many things, there were so many occasions where I and many other of our friends found ourselves in these awkward positions and Jude was always there as the first person to help resolve it and be there behind your back standing up for you. He was a protector. I remember years ago we were sitting at Marielle’s hanging out upstairs as per usual and Jude would use these smart and fancy words in sentences and conversations which I always thought was weird he knew what they meant because some of the words I’ve never even heard before until one day I asked him how he knew all these fancy words and he goes “yeah I used to read the dictionary for fun when I had nothing else to do” I found this a little strange because who wants to read a dictionary and especially for fun. For as long as I can remember Jude would call me and many others “kiddo” It would always be “Hey kiddo how’ve you been it’s been a while” or “Hey kiddo how’s life going” which I always found a little funny considering I was older than him. Jude was the type of person who would make small talk or should I say long talk… he would always be the first person to come up to me and ask about my life, or school, or if there had been any new boys I was talking to. He WASNT the type of person who would make small talk just to talk to you, he showed genuine care and interest in what was going on in everyone’s life. Jude was truly the most amazing, thoughtful, smart, beautiful, and generous boy. Jude I’m going to miss you coming up to me with open arms and giving me hugs, I’m going to miss your birthday texts every year (which by the way has been the same thing since i was probably 14 “Happy Birthday Autumn I always forget your birthdays in autumn was that on purpose”). I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to have one last big slumber party at your house and, I’m so beyond grateful that I got to hug you the last time I saw you. I’m going to miss your quick whited jokes, your laughter, your voice, and your presence. I speak on behalf of everyone when I say this, Jude we love you, we miss you and we know you’re definitely throwing one heck of a party up there in heaven. I am so so so thankful to have had the blessing and still do to have met you and have been apart of my life and so beyond grateful to call you one of my best friends, until we meet again angel, May you rest in peace. Love Autumn.