One year later, the loss and sadness remain. Love you.

Happy birthday, PAL.

It's now two years. As I do things both ordinary or unordinary, I find myself thinking how you would react -- a joke, a discussion, your delight in the events of our lives. It's been a difficult 12 months -- a year ago effectively marked the beginning of the pandemic -- and while often grim, it was also a challenge you would have risen to. Miss you.

Today, Bryn and I will be visiting your remains at the Old South Columbarium, then in the evening we will have dinner in celebration and honor of you, missing you but also taking joy in your life. In just two months, Lauren and Paul will be married. I so wish you could be there. Love, Tom.

Happy birthday!

It's been a good year. Lauren and Paul got married; Bryn and Carrie got engaged. As I write this I am in New York City, about to go out and meet up with Paul to see Lauren run a half-marathon. Wish you could have been here to see it all.

Congratulations. You're a grandmother. Claire Elizabeth Libero was born May 10, 2025, just 8 days after your birthday and 10 days before Lauren's. May must be a good month. She visited us for a week in July and we saw her again for Christmas. A wonderful, happy child--I see much of you in her.