This blog is dedicated to Adam Forsgren. This page is a copy of the post I made on June 11th 2023.
It is with a heavy heart I learned of the passing of my friend Adam Forsgren today. Adam and I met in the most of unlikely of places, the Sugar City Singles Branch. It was back in 2006 when I made the move from Connecticut to Idaho for the last time. I remember my friend Brian was excited for me to move to Idaho and told me all about Adam. He thought I would really enjoy getting to know him. He was in fact correct.
Adam was always his own person. He even incorporated Star Wars into a branch family home evening. Brian and I would often ditch church after sacrament meeting if Adam did not attend. We would go track him down at his house and just hang out and talk about life.
Adam loved many people. As much as he liked to be the loner, he touched so many lives. He absolutely loved all of his nieces and nephews. He often posted about them on social media and talked about just how cool they were in our conversations. He loved my daughter Jackie and she loved Uncle Adam. They bonded over a mutual love of Unicorns.
Adam was a lover of music and an accomplished guitarist. He would fight me right now if he could about that statement. I always envied his skills. He also played the ukulele and lap steel. He had an amazing singing voice, another fact that he would dispute. I was lucky enough to get to hear him at karaoke a few times. He even started going to some venues in Utah.
In 2020 a group of us went to see the TedX event in Idaho falls before the world as we knew it changed. Adam told us Fords Bar in Idaho Falls was just the place for us to go for some Karaoke. He was not wrong. We went and got pie with him and eventually ended up at our hotel room just talking about life, music films and everything in between.
Adam was a film school graduate and was passionate about movies. He went onto to be a successful writer and movie critic. He was able to love the dream and get paid to write. He was also a great blogger and honestly one of the inspirations for me to begin writing. I lived for his compliments on my writing, and his feedback was incredibly valuable to me.
I always loved to surprise him and invite him out to new experiences. Just like he always offered me. He introduced me to new music, or "tortured" me as he liked to call it. Like that time we went to Gray Wale to track down the new Baby Metal album that he was searching for. While it was not my favorite thing to listen to, I enjoyed when he shared different things he loved with me.
Adam and I had a fantastic friendship, and he was never shy to let me know how he was feeling or remind me that he felt like "Too many people kissed my ass." He and I got each other through many difficult times together. We had some of the realist talks. The way he expressed himself was amazing. From unicorns to metal, outer space, anime and fantastic food plus his love of British baking shows, Adam was one of a kind.
Adam, I am not the only one in this house crying tonight. Looking through our mutual friends list, it amazes me how many people you connected with here in Utah. The world is just a bit less metal today, knowing you are no longer with us.
The whiskey pour was extra strong tonight, Adam. I am listening to my metal Pandora station and Beautiful People by Manson just came on. I did not get the chance to say goodbye, so what follows is the best I am going to get.
Dear Adam,
I loved you, you in many ways were the big brother I never had. I looked up to you and idolized you in so many ways. You like me had a hard time taking compliments and seeing the good you brought to peoples lives.
You would probably be giving me shit for how much I have cried today and how hard I am crying right now. I hope you are with your brother and your niece right now, finally catching up. I know how much you missed them both. You sir were a fantastic friend, uncle, musician and writer. Adam, more people than you would be willing to believe are mourning the loss of you. I want to share with you something Joanie Brosis said about you today when I told her about your passing. "What an amazingly beautiful soul. He had a wonderful friend in you. I remember how much love I felt from you two that day and I'll forever remember his kindness. He had a heart too big for this world to handle "
Adam, even those you looked up to loved you and appreciated you. Everyone ironically mentioned what an amazing heart you had, even if in the end it was what took you from us. I wish you shared more of what you wrote. There is so much I never got to read, and now I never will. I wish you could have seen yourself through the lens of others. You were loved, you were amazing, and I am honored to have been able to count you among my friends. I hope in some small way I brought the same level of joy to you that you did me. Until we meet again, brother, please know I love you and I shall not forget you. I love you, Adam!
Bishop :):
For those of you who never got to read his blog I have the link right here for you.
https://strandedinhickville.blogspot.com/
For those that want to hear his voice, he was on a podcast and here is the link.
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