This was read at my cousin's funeral last week and I wanted to remember it.
’Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room. Nothing has happened. Everything remains exactly as it was. I am I, and you are you, and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged. Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me by the old familiar name. Speak of me in the easy way which you always used. Put no difference into your tone. Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is absolute and unbroken continuity. What is this death but a negligible accident? Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner. All is well. Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost. One brief moment and all will be as it was before. How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!’
excerpt from 'The King of Terrors'
Henry Scott Holland
May 15, 1910
Eli went to his first Red Sox game last week and although he wasn't that impressed by the baseball game his big brother had a wonderful time! We met up with some friends that we haven't seen since we lived in Boston and we all enjoyed watching the Sox beat the Orioles!! Steve was disappointed that he didn't catch a foul ball like he did at Zach's first game but we did have all-you-can-eat hot dogs, nachos, ice cream and popcorn which was definitely a close 'second' to catching a ball! 
I have been extremely behind in my blogging and have yet to post any pictures of our very mobile Eli! He has been crawling since the middle of May and started pulling to stand one week later. I'm not sure why these skills have surprised me since a lot of babies crawl by 8 months but I guess it's because they change so quickly and go from little round babies who can't sit up to standing in 2 months time! All of sudden we are scrambling to remove small objects and Zach is less than impressed by Eli coming and trying to take all of his toys...the refereeing has begun already! Thankfully with the increased movement Eli's weight gain is starting to drop off for which my arms are very grateful. 
