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We didn't know eachother for too long, nor did we become very close but I will forever be grateful for her swooping in as a friend of mine in 2022, we had both recently gotten our hearts broken and those hang outs we had where we let loose and let ourselves feel 18 and free, meant the world to me. She played weezer for me on her guitar and I made fun of her for it and we would laugh, she even gave me a huge stuffed animal I still look at and smile. I know I wasnt a best friend at all, but somehow it was some of the closest moments ive had with another soul. Rest in peace tiffany I wish i had set aside more time to be more of a friend, you are forever a part of the mosaic in my soul.
One of my biggest memories that I will always hold a Tiffany is I would invite her to karaoke which was just an outlet for me but she sparkled when she sung and we would sit in the front row for each other kicking our feets cheering each other on. I remember even though I didn't know all the lyrics at the time me and her really wanted to sing a duet so we banked on Saturday Night by the misfits. I've sung that song religiously for the past 2 years every Saturday, and I will continue to sing it till the end of my years.
My most fond memory being drunk and high sharing bowls and puffing out the smoke. Late night talks turned into a feeling I had never felt before acceptance for who I am and was. I felt understood I felt known Tiffany was amazing and hope all her spirit lives on. From gifting joints to smoking bowls she was an amazing person. I loved the moments spent with her and I hope she knows how much she was loved if by anyone by me.
Tiff and I met in seventh grade math class with Ms Cavagnolo at EJH. Needless to say, entering middle school was a daunting thing, and luckily for me, I sat right behind Tiff. It didn’t take long for a friendship to start, Tiff was kind and loving and very funny. They would come over and record silly videos with me on this crappy little Samsung camera and it was amazing. It was nice to have someone genuinely treat me with kindness and to look past the fact that I was a quiet and shy nerdy kid. Because of that, Tiff was instantly one of those friends who I knew would be by my side no matter what. We had been through so much together, but one of the things that sticks out to me still and makes me laugh just thinking about it is this one day when Tiff found this lizard outside. Tiff, Noah, and I were going to hang out somewhere and we were taking their grandma’s car. Noah sat in the back and I was sitting in the passenger seat. But Tiff still wasn’t in the car. So we look up and see Tiff messing around by the side of the house. Then, they ran right up to us with this HUGE grin and in their hand was this lizard. Tiff held it right up to Noah’s phone and they took this picture of Tiff holding it like a proud parent with their newborn child. BUT not even five seconds later, the lizard got loose! It jumped down into the cup holder and tried to hide under this Dr Pepper can. Tiff lifted it up, and it fell down between this opening in the console. I remember we all yelled “No!” when it happened and we just sat in silence for a second, accepting to fact that this poor lizard would never make it out. A few weeks later, we were on a discord call and Tiff mentioned “you guys remember that lizard? It’s alive! We found it in the garage this morning!” We were so stunned to hear that this poor little lizard had to step up into a hunter-gatherer role to survive the car incident. But man, just looking back at that photo of them holding the lizard, knowing that just seconds later it would get out! It always makes me smirk!
tiff was an absolute light in my life, even in times where i couldn’t be there for her she had always managed to be present for me. the first true memory i have of her and i was when i got talked into taking the party stopper off a bottle of spiced jack daniel’s during a halloween party as a result of a drunk jenga game. her and a few other friends pushed so hard to play it and damn was she good at it!!! anyways, 20 minutes later i’m in the bathroom of this party thinking i’m dying of alcohol poisoning and was having what i call “my great talk with god”. tiff was the first and only person to walk in that bathroom and sit down next to me, even after i yelled about how she was interrupting my divine alcoholism intervention. she sat on the counter in that bathroom for a good 10 minutes while i laid on the ground and rambled about how this was probably my sign to go straight edge. i didn’t know her very well at the time, but she gave me the time of day just to be sure i was alright. i was incredibly embarrassed that i was that messed up, but she made sure i felt comfortable and safe. also- the best part of that whole memory was the fact that she was dressed as gg allin. i remember dying of laughter (in between vomiting) when she walked in wearing that stupid baldcap and nude suit. somehow it made the entire situation so much more bearable. you were an absolute beacon of light tiff, i hope you knew that at least at some point. we all love you so incredibly much!