Liz Fradin

My dearest Luke,
From the moment you were born, I knew you were something special. When you were placed on my chest,I looked into your eyes and knew God sent me my
golden boy. you gave me a love I didn’t know could exist and from that point on, Life became this precious miracle. you were a calm,cool and collected baby.
I didn’t dream babies could be easy but you made it look good. My favourite time with you was in the middle of the night, when it was just you and I in the
quiet, sitting in the rocking chair gasing at eachother while you something fed. I never minded being tired because those moment with you were the most
special of my life. we bonded as Mother and son and never stopped from that point on. You were my side kick and my best friend, never leaving me for a second.
you would even nap on me for hours as I never wanted to put you down and it brought me the most joy I’ve never feet before. I loved you more than anything
I’d ever loved in all my years.

When your toddler years came,I knew right away you were the smartest most hard working kid I had ever seen. Everything you put your mind into you had to perfect
it and you always did. You put your heart and soul into everything you tired and I was in complete awe of your drive. Even in morning and me classes, you
wanted to be the best and fastest teacher. It made me so proud to water your extreme motivation and I knew this would be how you’d handle life going forward.

From school to little league, you were a force to be reckoneal with. No matter if it was soccer or baseball, you always tried your hardest no matter what.
For me it was a beautiful thing to watch. I was that proud loud mom in the stands enjoying every moment, whether there was victory or loss. your star always
show bright with me at all times. I loved working at the snack shack during baseball games and being half-times and end of the game snack mom at soccer games.
you always helped me pick out what your teammates would like as you genuinely cared so much for your friends and other people. you were always so kind and
helpful to anyone and everyone in need. you took the time to help your friends with memorable or moms in the field. you were always head of your class
academically and no matter how much work you had, you would and your classmates and friends with any subject. you were just that smart and everyone knew it and
appriciated it. I loved voluntaring in your classes in elementary school to be close to you and to watch your beautiful brain in action. those were some of
the best times for me as I loved being involved in whatever you were doing and you always told me how much you loved me being there. I was so greatful that you
appriciated my time being spent with you. you always made me feel good and included. you would do this all the time for me and I’ll forever be thankful for
that want and need from my son. you had the most land and throughtful heart, even into your teen years, it was just ingrained in you to be so loving for all
of your life which is so rare.

When you bacame a teenager, you developed a love for skateboarding as usual, you would practice hours everyday to perfect landing tricks. I loved taking you
to perfect landing tricks. I loved taking you to skate parks all across L.A. to watch you skates. you would at me sit there for hours to watch you and it
made my heart happy that you liked letting me see your passion for the sport. I would sit in my car facing the park, watching proudly as I always had in
everything you did and you would always look over at me to make sure I saw all your moves. you enjoyed the pride I took in you and it made as both small at
one another. we had that unbreakable bond and we knew undoubtable how much we loved one another. I feel so blessed to know we both knew what we meant to each other. It give me a sort people that is priceless.

Through good times and hard, we always had eachothers backs. you were there for me as I was to you. There is no love greater than a mother and son. When you
graduated high school with honours, once again I beau-ted with pride. The hard part of it all was knowing you were going to leave me to go to your dream collage.
I was so excited for your next great accomplishment as you worked so very hard to get into one of the top schools in the nation. I was also saddened and scared
to let you go and be independent without me. we set up your dream rooms, which was surround and then you walked us back to our car. once there, you said
ok mom, you can cry now, which I did while holding onto you for dear life At that moment, I knew you were a man ready to be on your own. I am thankful however
that when we called you upon arriving back home you told us i’m not going to lie, I really miss you. My heart burst in a millian pieces with gratitude. I’m
beyond thankful for the countless phone calls and face times you would give me while away at school and the surprise visits home, we would feel lucky’s home
and collapse in your arms while feeling so blessed you carring so much to see us. I looked so forward to lifetime of that because I knew our bond had only
grown deeper. We were still mother and son but we were also adult friends. you still loved my cooking over any restaurent or take out and that always made me
smile and so happy. you appreciated every meal and never failed to tell me each time that it was the best you ever had. even when you weren’t trying
you always made me feel so good. Thank you for that because it meant more than you know.

Luke, you were the most kind, loving, handsome, thoughtful, carring, generous, brilliant, hard working, driven, helpful, sincere, genuine, gratuitous
sweet and beautiful soul I’ve ever known. I will never at you go as you will live inside me forever. your light will never dim as you will be the brightest star
in the sky. you were the best on earth and I know you will continue that legacy in Heaven. God is truly lucky to have you because I was able to have the immense
passer of you being my son. Thank you for choosing me to be your mom and giving me the most beautiful eighteen years. you touched eve none you came in contact
with and your memory will live on forever. Past in peace, my amazing Luke and we will be together one day. I love you with every piece a my heart, mind and
soul and I love you until the end of time. MoM