BOY!


 This is one of my favorite pictures of my son.  He seems unaware of the camera, the glow of the computer screen on his face.  Its how I remember him. He loved me fiercely and I loved him too.   He was my best friend, and we did so many things together.  Sometimes the loss of him still knocks the wind out of me, and I ache to talk to him, to hear him say "Mommy!"

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