Today is the day that we mark Sam’s passing.. it’s a strange day because I don’t know how I’m supposed to feel. I know today I felt pretty good. We spent a lot of time talking about and thinking about Sam. It’s important to actually bring him into mind At all the stages we knew Him… The beautiful baby, the sparkling toddler, the mischievous middle Schooler… And the beautiful young man

I told lots of stories today… I just got through telling our housemate Kyle about both of Sam’s broken elbows… Both funny little painful stories.

We took our annual hike at Bolton. It was a weekday and we’ve decided to shift the potluck until tomorrow Friday… So it was a small crowd. There were five of us hiking up in the beautiful snow. It was a wonderful hike

I climbed up the fire tower on my own. I always pour a drink out for Sam up there and set off fireworks

Our friend Karen and Iain were there… They came up one at a time to check it out. It was a place Sam loved

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Diane got this great shot of the fireworks from below

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got this great shot of the fireworks from below

We got home and I was so exhausted (I hadn’t slept much the night before)… But I fell asleep for a few hours. I woke up and it was dark and I was confused about what day it was. Luckily my friend Tim came by and made me a martini… That cleared things up immediately :-)

Afterwords Diane and I took Kyle out for sushi which was really nice.

It was a good day. I feel like I spent a good part of it with Sam

What a great kid

I love you my son

Nite all, nite sam

-me