One of the things I believe about friends such as yours, Randy, is they never leave you.
As you carry on with your life, you will inevitably come across problems where you will think, what would 'John' do? And you will have the help you need.
You will get over your grief, and you will learn to forgive the person who failed to stop and help, because that is what it takes for you to get on with your life.
He would want you to continue to be the happy Randy, the one who adds sunshine to Medium readers.
He's gone, but he hasn't taken away all the lovely aspects of his personality that made you love him in the first place. 💖💖💖