Logan Matthew Kushner was a man who knew and cared for many. Science says that the human mind can only uphold a fraction of our relationships. Logan had a knack for knowing and caring for more than you or I could possibly imagine. Logan’s heart and smile reached out to so many and always lifted their spirits. This immense amount of care and happiness is what helped coin the phrase, “Im Logan It” and he never lived it down. I met logan my junior year of college, he was only a freshmen. My fraternity was playing football on the intramural fields when all of a sudden a very loud voice caught our attention, I looked towards this voice and this ideal figure of a man was striding his way toward me. He made some courteous hello’s and we asked if he wanted to play some football with us, he agreed. Logan joined my team as a receiver and I was quarterbacking. Not a single touchdown was scored the entire game, UNLESS I was throwing the football to Logan. Once the game was over, 4 touchdowns were made by our team on long passes to Logan. Logan was a stellar athelete and he excelled at any sport he played. At this point we exchanged numbers and I took him for a ride on our fraternities fire truck back to his dorms where he promised to meet me at the football fields anytime I called him. I’ll never forget the smile on his face as we sat on the fire truck recollecting our game winning touch downs. He was so passionate about the sport, and gave me more compliments than I ever deserved. This was a prime example of the young man I quickly grew to know. He was passionate about everything and everyone. No matter what he did, he always gave it 100%.
Upon a few more football meetings and practices I dubbed him the captain of the flag football team that I was coaching for intramural season. The beginning of the season was rocky, the players didn’t click, but every practice Logan would fill them with inspiring words. After only a single loss in the first two games, the team began to grow very close and stuck like glue. Logan’s love for the game and enthusiasm to do his best spread to the others like wildfire and I could see how thrilled he was just by looking in his eyes. Logan and the rest of the ‘Regulators’ (Name of the team) ended up winning the intramural championship that year. It is, and will always be one of my greatest memories.
As the year went on, Logan and I grew extremely close. He was always over at my place playing games, studying or just goofing off. Eventually Logan joined Pi Kappa Alpha, the fraternity in which I represented and became my little brother. From there we tackled all the difficulties of college together. He always told me I was the role model he always wanted and never failed to mention how much I affect his life and teach him. But I look back at it and I can’t help but think, and as cliche as it sounds, that he was the one teaching me. I am so much more aware of the things I say and do, I constantly smile and go out of my way for people, even strangers. These were traits I never truly thought I had until I saw how amazingly influential he was with other people. I aim to be like him every single day. Even if its simply holding the door for a stranger or smiling at someone who looks like their in a bit of a mood. Those are all things Logan taught me and I’ll never lose that. I live everyday to prove to the world that there was a reason this amazing young man looked up to me, and I hope I’m making him proud. He was a friend, he was a son, but most of all, he was my little brother and I think about him everyday and I thank god for the small amount of time I had to get to know this young man, he has changed me more than any other person ever could. I wish I told him his nickname on his Jersey before that night, but I think he always knew. I took him out to dinner three times exactly, and every single time without fail, he would order a chocolate milk, and one thing would lead to another and it would end up on my lap. But we couldn’t help but laugh.
Love you
Spills, you were the man I always wanted to be.
-Your Big Bro, Matt