None of you know me, but I like to think I was a friend of Katlyn's. We met online and bonded over star wars and other geeky things. We weren't particularly close, but for Kat that never mattered. You didn't need to be close to her or even be her friend; if you needed help she was there in a second. It was always a question of, "How can I help you?" or "What do you need?" for her. When I broke up with my then year long girlfriend, she never once asked why, or how, only if I was ok and that if there was anything she could do. She was an angel like that. Always living for others. I was, unfortunately, out of contact with her at the time of her passing. I wouldn't learn about it until two months after the fact. I cried myself to sleep that night.
If there is anything Kat has taught me, it was how to live. With her passing I learned the importance of the here and now. Of living my life to the fullest and to not let my petty anxieties and fears weigh me down. I suffer from MDD among other things but she was always there to help me through it. When we all lost her, I had to learn to go through it on my own. I like to think she made me a better person, even in death.
- Marcus D. Anderson, a Friend
