Torri Wightman

Mrs. Wightman, i met Torri in seventh grade, and we had a collage about us to show to the class, and i had an Aerosmith album cover and i was talking about how much i liked them, and i look across the room to see some random girl laughing. Of course her collage put mine to shame. She had the ideal family and i was jelious, out of all of the students, i remember her collage. Then after class she showed me a picture of her and Steven Tyler and my eyes lit up. She said "i know aerosmith" and i laughed thinking. you and everyone else on the south shore who bump into them at the super market. so we became friends right away, and when Christmas came along we had secret santa, and she wasnt even my secret santa, she gave me a movie and all sorts of gifts for no reason. never in my life had i a friend like who actually cared. she really was an all around good person. Then, summer came along and i got a phone call. She invited me to an Aerosmith show and i was beside myself. she made my dreams come true. But it wasnt Aerosmith which made me get the chills, it was the fact that again, never have i had a friend who had gone through with anything, not even to this extent. The first time she invited me, early in the school year i didnt even think about it, i just moved on, no one would actually do that. then when it happend i had all the more respect for her. Many concerts followed that, and time and time again she lived up to her word. Torri's personality cannot be described. I remember she walked up to some random guy and tugged on his shirt while he was eating out of a buffet and said " are you the guy from KISS?" and the man just walked away. She never thought about what people thought about her, she went for it no matter what and 99 percent of the time she made friends with the person. She was an angel when she was born, she was just visiting us for 16 years. She changed my life. and i am very sorry for your loss.

with love,
Sam Mamary