1512Mersedez sent this in from Beaver, PA in the USA, a few weeks ago. She wrote at the time: “My friend died three weeks ago, he was only 15 and he told me this once. We were discussing different qualities that each of us had, and I said my only quality was meaness. He told me this. I loved him like a brother, and I miss him dearly.

"He was always kind like this, and saw the best in everyone. The skinny bracelet on my right arm is the wordless book colors and since it was his favorite way to preach, we wear it in memory of him. This SOTM is in memory of Sam”