Happy 20th Birthday, Abhi

Another year over, and Abhi would have been 20 today. In a sense, he is frozen in time as a teenager, and we are left wondering what might have been. When he left us, Abhi was in that state of transition from boyhood to manhood, 17 years old. His voice was changing and he was just about my height (5'9" or 175cm). Were he still with us, his voice would be deeper still and he'd probably be taller than I. This is all just an indulgence, because these things were just not meant to be. But it's an indulgence I allow myself.