This past year has been wonderful and terrible at the same time. About 15 mos ago, we learned that Alex was terminally ill with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Despite his fighting with everything he had, Wednesday marked the end of his fight. It was unexpected, quick and painless. Very grateful for that. The wonder of the last year was getting to spend almost every day with my grown son, getting to know him as an adult and seeing what he was really made of. Courage, strength, humor, compassion, wit and as I already knew, genius. When I first heard the news last summer my grief was untenable, but over the last year, learning to make every minute with him count was priceless. It was quite a roller coaster ride and he handled it with grace and gratefulness (mostly). I am so proud of him, my son and will miss him terribly.
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