It’s Good to Hear Your Voice: A Year of Grief

John-Michael Jalonen
4 min readAug 18, 2021

I don’t dream of being with Kyle — in his presence. I dream of him calling me.

Kyle, left. Me, right. At dinner, summer 2019.

That was how we connected most — over the phone. In the 14 years we were friends, more often than not, we caught up over the phone. He seemed to always be traveling and working, and so was I. We only saw each other a handful of times in the last few years…

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John-Michael Jalonen

Bylines in HuffPost, Richmond Magazine, Richmond Times-Dispatch and more. Social Media Manager, former Communications Director, actor and writer.