Over the last decade Lane has been one of my closest and kindest friends. The type that would literally fly across the country at the drop of a hat to help you if you needed it.
The kind that you could sit and talk with for hours about nothing and everything all at the same time. He did so much in this lifetime yet there was still so much more for him to do. He really loved and inspired so many people in this world including myself and always push himself and his friends to do better. I have so many great things to say about yet still can’t find the right words to put it all together. I’ll forever hope to make him proud. It’s been such a numbing experience to hear this news to say the least. I keep finding myself waking around my house talking to him wondering if he can hear me. It still doesn’t feel real. I just hope that his family is doing okay and he’s resting easy with bandit and everyone else he’s ever missed.
P.S. say hi to Casey for me ❤���
Early Tuesday morning I had a phone call with Lane’s mother and heart broke all over again. I’m utterly devastated and shocked beyond comprehension at his death. Lane would say to me “Take a big bite out of life Chad” and that’s exactly how he lived—no matter what he was going through Lane always chose happiness. The impact Lane had on my life is immeasurable and can’t be described in any other way than I would not be who I am today if it weren’t for him. He meant the world to me and I will miss him everyday.
Today has been unfathomably hard. My tears are all mixed up with beautiful smiling memories… I don’t understand how this could happen. Lane was the first person I worked with in our shared industry and we became fast friends: I was instantly drawn to him as someone I could trust in a new intimidating place in which I knew no one and which I knew nothing about.
He made me feel safe. He had a kindness and a gentleness to him that felt like home. We bonded over our similar backgrounds and experiences, and we laughed a lot, cried some, and had good times and bad. His shining smiling face is clear burned into my brain and I hope it never leaves. That’s how I’ll remember him. Rest in peace, Lane my friend. I love you. 🦁