Tonight is the annual compassionate friends candle lighting. At 7pm we’re asking our friends to light a candle for Sam and all other kids who have left this earth before their time. Compassionate friends is a world wide organization that brings together families who have lost a child

Lost a child… i don’t like the way that sounds.. it doesn’t really capture the reality.. .. i don’t feel like we lost sam.. he’s so much present in our life.. he’s hardly lost… he just is no longer on this earth..

We will light that candle for you tonight sam as we do so many nights..

Our hearts go out to all others in this ‘club’ i’d love never to have joined..

nite all, nite sam… we’re thinking of you tonight

-me