The moment Chelsea came to pick me up on our first blind date to take me to “DG’s in the Hood,” we had an instant connection. We spent the entire night talking to each other and didn’t care about anyone around us. It was like we were long lost friends catching up as opposed being on a first date. We never had any of those awkward first date moments where it gets silent and you consciously have to think about things to talk about. I think Chelsea had this effect on everyone who was lucky enough to cross her path. I’m sure anyone who ever met her would tell you that she was such an easy person to talk to, but we had something special. We wandered around the Galavan Center talking, laughing and flirting the night away and couldn’t seem to get enough of each other. I remember calling Emily Cook the next day to tell her everything about our date and how wonderful it was and asking for advice about how long I should wait to call her. Little did I know that half of the conversation I had with Emily that day was actually with Chelsea. I’m still not sure if it was Emily or Chelsea who told me to call her that same day. I’m sure that was the first of many times that the two of them fooled me over the phone.
I have so many wonderful memories of Chelsea that I will cherish forever. I am especially grateful for the little memories I have of her. Like the way she would look at me sometimes with those puppy dog eyes of hers and not have to say a thing, or the way she’d simply smile and it would brighten up my day. I will never understand why Chelsea was taken from us that night and why I was not. Every day I feel like I’m living on borrowed time and that Chelsea gave that to me. I am forever a changed man after having met Chelsea and I know it is for the better. You are gone from us now, but you will never be forgotten.
Love always,
Chase Chandler
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