Memorial service for my cousins' brother.

He was there for my favorite cousin (growing up we always did everything together) over the past year as he's completely turned his life around, in a way that I desperately wanted to be but couldn't because, um, I'm in Indiana. I'm sooooo proud of my cousin and was always really appreciative of his friend for being there for him like that. He was absolutely his best friend since he was a kid. My aunt and uncle always have at least 4-5 kids at their house that aren't theirs at any given time; it's always been that way. I loved it when I was a kid. He was one of them... He was considered a part of the family; my cousins have always referred to him as a brother. Wouldn't mention so much about him, but I hung out with him quite a few times, and he really was a great kid who would do anything for anyone. There's a lot of violence that goes on in that town amongst the 15-25 crowd, but he was everybody's friend and a complete peacemaker.
He spent all day Saturday and Saturday night and Sunday at my aunt and uncle's house, and Monday he died. Worst possible thing that could have happened to my cousin... Now that he can't be there for him, I want to be even more so than before, but I'm stuck here only able to have conversations on Facebook as usual. His younger siblings aren't taking it well at all, either, because he was their brother too and they really looked up to him, and they're so young to have to deal with all of this, but I guess worse things happen every day... Just keep them all in your thoughts and/or prayers, I guess... They couldn't need it more. I wish more than anything that I could be there tomorrow.