October 20, 2015
Two years ago today our Sam lost his battle with brain cancer. Often it seems like it was just yesterday when we held his hand, hugged him, kissed him, whispered �I love you� over and over again softly in his ear. We wanted Sam to know�desperately wanted him to know�how much we loved him, before he was gone. Before it was too late. It is of course trite to say �love them while they are here�. We know that. But it never really hits you with its full magnitude until you lose someone so special, and so very dear to you. Someone that you felt connected to from the first moment you saw them, and whom you felt completely inseparable from. Someone who you never could have possibly imagined you would outlive. Someone who it was simply unthinkable that you would have to bury. As we have written before, losing Sam in many ways still doesn�t seem real. There are times when I actually think to ...