A Tribute to Samuel Kale.

“Nostalgia” – Longing for the past.

My brother, My friend.

On this day, last year 21.03.17… I said my final goodbye to a friend that fought the good fight against Cancer – Leukaemia. A friend that was very dear to my heart and a friend that became a brother in such a short period of time.

I became friends with Samuel Kale in Year 9, at a business workshop that involved many different schools, STAC being one of them and we just remained friends after.

Although, the summer of 2013 is when it all kicked off,  hands down the best summer of my life … till date. We created the best memories, all 4 of us, memories that will stick with me forever and memories I will cherish for the rest of my life.

I was 15 and loving it, we just finished our GCSE’s and I was ready to let my hair down – Literally. I mean we all stayed out till lateeee my curfew was 8pm but for this … I broke the rules till 10pm. Oh those cool, warm summer nights in Burgess park, I remember the evening of my 16^th birthday we just chilled in Burgess park talking and laughing for ages. During that summer, I went Nandos, Tinsel town and O2 cinema for the first time ever. You introduced me to Nandos and ever since then it still is my favourite place to go. It’s like you opened my eyes to fun, enjoyment and laughter that year. You were so experienced in everything I was like the little sister you were introducing to a new life.

On the flip side, when summer ended the dynamics of this guy changed. He stopped coming out, I could barely contact him. I just thought he became boring all of a sudden and was acting really strange. He would always say “its nothing personal”. All my thoughts were wrong I started to understand that this guy was just  hungry for success, he was Inspirational, Hardworking and Resilient at the age of 16. I didn’t understand why he was so serious and hard on himself because he was  smart anyway. We would do the same exam and I would get a B, I would call him and I knew straight away  if I got a B this guy got nothing less than an A but he would gassss me as if I am the one that got the  A and say “see, I knew you could do it”.  He was a friend that would challenge you mentally and academically, I had never met someone so cool due to how determined they were to achieve. This is what I loved about this guy. At 16 I did not understand his seriousness but I started to understand his mind set properly at 18. He had this “Work before Play” mind set. He had the mind of a man before a child, it took me 2 years to understand his mind set when I came to university I understood it and developed the same mind set. There is a time to play and a time to work but you must prioritise work and play in order to succeed.

We used to talk about “ends” – South East London where we grew up. We were grateful but we wanted to go to bigger & better places in life as it was not the best of areas to grow up in. We strived for success and were driven by the intentions of one day taking our mothers out of “the ends”.  We both had similar stories, 6 of us in total and a single mum so we’d encourage each other that we HAD to make it in life and out the area. During college I used to cry that I would not get into university to do Nursing but he would push and push and push “you can do it” and drag me to the library until 4am. Those conversations and experiences with a friend like SK was so motivating at 16/17. What a guyyy. My teenage years were one of the best experiences of my life, we were care free & happy. Then we got older & responsibilities followed.

After you departed, I struggled mentally to understand how life could be so cruel and how God did not allow you to fulfil your dreams as a Chemical Engineer was beyond me.

Last year on 21.03.17 was a day I felt pain and sorrow because I was not there at your very last stages it was hard to come to terms with saying my final goodbye. However, today 21.03.18 I feel joy, happiness and hope. Today Live Your Movie is born and today SK I got a job as a Paediatric Registered Nurse in one of the largest specialist hospitals in the UK. I hope you were up there smiling today and I hope I did you proud because the dream we spoke about as children will never die it lives on through me.

You said “Don’t chase the money. Chase the Dream” – SK … For this my brother I can’t stop and won’t stop chasing the dream.

Thank you my brother S, for your legacy remains forever and you will always be close to my heart because “True Legends Never Die”, continue to Rest in Perfect Peace.

“My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?” – John 14 vs. 2 .

In lovely memory of Samuel Kale. A Legend in His Time.