So it was Coco Washington that I heard about first. We have known each other since we were kids in Arizona. My mom worked at a daycare center in Rilitto a small town that made, the small town of Marana look like a city in comparison. My mom met some lifelong friends that actually turned into family working at the Daycare.
When I first met Coco she wasn't Coco at the time. She was Andre Washington. Her mother was Laura Mae and one of my mom's friends. Even then we all knew that Andre was not meant to be. He was born into the world but he never was actually a product of it. Coco was always there underneath the surface just needing to get out. Andre was a small built young boy, who was very flamboyant, talking with his hands and standing with a hand on his hip. He was beautiful, to beautiful for masculine features. He was teased often being born to an extremely athletic family, not only the men, but even the women competitive as hell. He had more in common with his female family members and friends. In fact my cousin Jeanette and Andre where Best Friends growing up. Eventually Andre Washington became, Chanel Washington Coco for short. From then on she was Coco. Or "Bitch don't call me Andre!!" Let me tell you you about Coco. She was a powerhouse, an individual who always played by her own set of rules, who made bringing herself exceptable before gender equality was excepted in normal social circles. She was open-minded and excepted people as they where. She made sure everyone around her was taken care of before her own needs. The world is lacking of a beautiful soul. We all will never be the same, now that we have lost her.
The second person that we have lost this week was a gentleman we worked with at the Walmart in Grapevine TX. Don Was an amazing co-worker we worked pretty close to each other. We worked in the deli department and he was produce. He was a huge Football Fan. Pittsburgh, Steelers was his team. Sundays during Football season were eventful with just about all of us rooting for different teams. He was a father, a husband, an amazing friend. He was always quick with a joke, A smile, and good conversations. He will be missed so much.
The last person that has been taken way to soon from my life is Jeremy Canion formally known as Jeremy West. I met Jeremy West in Sixth grade at Bryson Elementary School in Saginaw TX, this just happens to be the same school my daughter attends. We rode the bus together. We graduated together but we actually became part of each other's history forever connecting us to each other. First of all my best friend Jamie has always loved Jeremy. They have always been an unofficial item. Anytime we had get togethers or hooked up for some reason or another Jeremy and Jamie usually hooked up together. He was actually the first boy that ever gave her flowers. And trust me and Jamie was actually a pretty hard shelled person when she was younger. She was very picky about who was going to be her boyfriend who is going to stay in her life yet Jeremy was a different story.
Actually when we first became friends with Jeremy West we actually didn't know him very well he was friends with our friend Roy Pierce. Well one day around Halloween the grocery store in our town diamond supermarket set up this haunted house that was just basically flashing lights and animatronics popping out to startle people who walked through. Well Jeremy just happened to be there and he saw us go in through the entrance to the haunted house so he decided to go in through the exit and meet us in the middle. Thing is we didn't realize that he was coming from the other direction and when we met in the middle he's scared us and we both screamed so loud freaking out. Trust me neither one of us are easy to scare so for him to do that we were completely thrown off guard. At that time we didn't even know his name but pretty soon we were all inseparable. It was Roy Pierce, Robert Rosales, Jeremy West, Dustin Minshew, Jamie Byrd and me, Monica Salazar. Dustin actually didn't go to school with us but every weekend he was staying the night and one of the boys' house and we were all hanging out. As the years went by we all started hanging out with different groups. Robert started hanging out with different people Dustin was at another school so we saw him less and less. Jamie move to Keller so she didn't finish out Junior High with us nor high school. But we still did everything in our power to stay connected to each other. Roy and I actually got closer and closer and he became a confidant and guardian in a way. Jeremy started hanging out with skaters. Even though we weren't all in the same social groups we still make sure to acknowledge each other and try to keep our friendship going. A lot of times everybody ended up hanging out at my house because my mom worked overnights so it was easier for us to have get togethers and shindigz without parental supervision. So one day Jeremy was at my apartment hanging out and my mom came home from work unexpectedly. So Jeremy hid under my bed, definitely not daring to come out or my mom would have went ballistic. So after a while I excused myself and went into my bedroom climbed under the bed where Jeremy was and we he decided that that day would be the day that Jeremy would have his first kiss. I was his first kiss. Even though neither one of us ever took it any further than that it was something that we had that belong to only us. No one could ever take that moment from us. He was an incredible guy, raised by a single mother like me. So he was incredibly respectful of women, never making any of us feel uneasy about hanging out with him. He was an amazing artist above is a original picture he drew. He just had an beautiful disposition and anyone who ever met him was lucky to know him including me.
So Coco, Don in Produce, and Jeremy Canion West all of y'all rest in peace and love 💕 y'all more than you will ever know
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