The gentle gaze of a young Nicolas.
Your look…..their look……
This July 18, it will be 2 years since you left us! What a painful commemoration.
A birthday is festive, colorful and joyful.
But I only have pain multiplied by these 24 months without you.
Ever since your eyes closed, every time I wake up, I relive your last look like a dagger in my heart.
That look of fear, distress and even dread will follow me forever.
You who absolutely wanted to live, to LIVE, to LIVE …despite all the horrors you lived through for 33 days …..you wanted so much to exist and still breathe !!!!!!!
Despite your will, your body, so bruised from those battles, decided otherwise.
My immense powerlessness in the face of your suffering and your departure, I try to transform it through your foundation.
It’s still so little satisfaction compared to the torment of your absence, but you’d be proud of the results the foundation brings.
How proud you’d be to see all those people donating to help your foundation grow.
So in your place, I’d like to thank all those people who continue to make you LIVE through the eyes of those who receive optical devices in hospitals and wheelchairs for disabled sports.
Thank you! thank you! thank you! for still being here after 2 years! today is also your birthday! thank you!
Nadine
