Today, June 9, is the seventh anniversary

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. We had him cremated, and

his ashes were put in glass vials, and we encouraged people at the service to take the vials and spread him around. Well, they did. Mountains, beaches, forests, swamps, you name it, he went there. I was just scrolling back through his FB page, and there's so much that I'd forgotten.

In about 6th grade he started memorizing Pi, you know, 3.14159265359 and on and on forever. Anyway, he recited some 150 digits of Pi in a school talent contest in 7th grade and got a standing ovation.

He played ultimate frisbee, starting in college and continuing to the end. He was very good, and I have a particular photo of him leaping at one of the games. Wow, could he leap.

He had alopecia areata, an auto immune disorder that causes hair loss. He went totally bald at age 10. His older brother also had aa, and it was quite interesting going anywhere with two bald kids. People understandably assume cancer and chemotherapy. So there I was, walking around with two bald kids. People would look at them, look at me, and I could see them thinking, "Oh, my, that poor woman, two of them!" and I'd start giggling because they were the healthiest children ever, never got sick, and I'd see them thinking, "And she handles it so well!" There was nothing to handle, trust me. Oh, and one time, we were flying somewhere. The boys and I were hanging out in the gate area while my husband was getting his ticket rewritten. The gate agents came to us and said, "Here, we have something for you." It was four first class boarding tickets. Yes!

He was wonderful.