Happy Birthday, Charlie.
It has been five weeks, and I still cannot fill the void you left behind.
I have been contributing to Turning Point USA for years, and you have been in my headphones for hundreds of hours.
Hundred of hours.
I miss you. So much.
Your voice carried me through long nights and hard days.
You taught me how to stand firm when it felt easier to stay quiet.
Losing you still doesnโt feel real.
The world feels dimmer, and my faith feels heavier without your light in it.
You made courage look effortless.
You made faith feel alive again.
I miss you deeply, Charlie.
There is a silence now that nothing can replace.
But you changed how I see everything.
You reminded us that truth is not something to whisper.
You built more than a movement.
You built a generation that is not afraid to speak the name of Jesus out loud (I canโt explain how much this meant to me personally. So much.)
Your absence hurts, but your fire lives on in all of us.
Happy birthday, Charlie.
You changed my life.
I will carry your light forward, no matter how heavy the world becomes.
Goodnight.
We love you Charlie.