Michael Lin Pearson

I had written something out with my pictures but it doesn´t look like it saved. I have a son Michael´s age and while they´ve never hung out in the same friend groups, Michael was one of the first people to introduce him to lacrosse. When the boys were in 8th grade, I had the opportunity to be an assistant coach for their team. Michael´s nickname was the Swiss Army knife because there´s nothing Michael wasn´t willing to do. He was always telling jokes and laughing at practice. His sister had a baby that season and while he seemed unsure of it at first, he seemed secretly proud after. I went through my photos, looking for pictures from practices that his family might not have been a part of. A couple are from practice and a couple are pregame where Michael was supposed to be helping someone with eyeblack but instead drew a heart with a completely straight face. Michael is a great kid and we loved having him around.

I remember seeing him at a basketball game in junior high for the first time. He was sooo stinkin cute! He was always running around with a basketball of his own or with his own mini lacrosse stick at our lacrosse games. I so wish I took the opportunity to get to know him as a teen. He came in to Lexy´s vintage shop with Lilly and Addie and bought himself something to support Lexy. He was such a special kid. I´ll remember him forever.