My friends and I were 11 when Stand By Me came out, and it was one of the defining moments of our childhood. We felt such a connection to the characters and by extension, we felt like we had connected with you and River and Jerry and Corey. You were the male versions of us (we even planned to do a scene-by-scene remake we were going to send to you because for some reason we thought you would think it was cool). I cried when Chris Chambers died, I cried when River died, and I cried reading this. Thank you so much for sharing.