Today was Jack's last day of school.



Mom and I talked about how hard it will be when your class graduates.



Jake goes next year 'cause he skipped a grade. Ari will be on time with the rest of your class. Too bad Simon doesn't go to JPDS.

We sat through the assembly and it was nice to see some of your friends up on the stage. Elan, who used to be your reading buddy and who taught you about the Beatles, made some funny remarks as he remembered his years at JPDS. I wonder where he is going to school next year.

When we left sixth grade we just showed up for a half day of school, did nothing, and then took the bus home. I don't know if that is still what happens at public school. Everything is so showy and more complicated these days.

I took a second to visit with you on my way out the door to go back to work.

This was very nice.

Jill's sister Mauri made a necklace for us to raise money for Hope for Henry Foundation. We had a party so people could come and buy the necklace. When Jill saw Joe she said he looks just like you. Rich told me they don't have any Rollo's in their house anymore. They must have been buying them just for you.





I wrote that thing on the postcard. Not sure exactly what it means. I just think it is important that kids have smiles. Even when you are really sick you can still smile. You did. It just means we have to work even harder to get the smile.

We have some friends helping us get the word out about the necklace. A woman who was on TV and is now in movies just wore it at Disneyland. Cool ears, huh.

We are going to the Nationals v. Yankees tomorrow. It should be a good game. The Yankees beat the Nationals last night, and Mom and Jack and I are watching them play on TV right now. I am worried that there will be more Yankees than Nationals fans in the crowd at RFK. I can't stand it when that happens when the Redskins play the Giants or the Cowboys. There might not be more of those fans - they are just a bit louder than us.



This is Mom and me with Derek Jeter earlier this year. I wonder why so many famous people want to meet us.

I am afraid that Jack will be one of the people cheering loudly for the Yankees. I wish he'd like the Nationals. I was a Senators fan when I was Jack's age, and then all of a sudden they were gone.

I wasn't lucky enough to have a home team to cheer for growing up. Jack is. I hope he comes around.

I was on the elevator with this guy who is kinda the wise old man around here. He was telling me that when he was 17 he read that Thomas Jefferson only slept 4 hours a night. He said that he has only slept 4 hours a night since he was 18. He's gotta be in his 60s now.

I was thinking the other day that you are not in my dreams anymore. I really wish you'd visit me more often. After I spoke to that guy yesterday I realized that maybe I haven't been giving you much of a chance.

I get up at 5 am every morning. Not because I have to or want to, just because I do. I used to go to bed super early but that wasn't good 'cause I was never awake to talk to Mom after we got through putting Jack and Joe to bed.

So about a month ago we bought a ginormous TV so I'd stay downstairs and awake. Now we hang out together in front of the TV watching a bit, working on our computers, and sometimes just talking.

Now I go to sleep real late and still wake up early. Not a whole lot of time for dreaming. That's not a good thing.

I did have one dream recently that I can remember. I rode a bike across a huge busy bridge and ended up high on a cliff in someplace that seemed like Toronto. I haven't a clue what that all means.

It is Father's Day this weekend. Probably my least favorite holiday. I get sad. I got us tickets to go see the Nationals play the Yankees. We are going to take Papa Teddy and Jeri. I am really psyched to go to the game. I wonder if they'll let everyone down on the field at RFK for a catch the way they do at Fenway. That would be very sweet.

Papa Teddy sold the place where he and Grandma used to live. He lives with Jeri now in a house they bought together. To be honest with you I am a little scared to go there. I think I will have to really think a lot about Grandma being gone.

I went to Joe's end of the school year picnic last week. What was great was that it was down the block at Guy Mason. Scudi was there. The last time I was there with her was when you were alive and she was taking care of Jack and Nicky Picky and you.

She knew exactly where the brick was that we bought that has you and Jack on it.



Joe is doing baseball camp for a couple of weeks and then he goes to Beauvior. It will be interesting to take him there. I will definitely visit with the nurse. She loved you.

Jack's school ends on Friday. He is going to camp at Sidwell Friends and then he is off to sleep away camp for a month.

Mom and Jack and Joe and I went to see the new Pixar movie - those are the guys who made Toy Story and Monsters, Inc. - this weekend. It is called Cars.



I was talking to someone who I work with who saw the movie this weekend with his little boy. My friend said that he got a little choked up at the end, which was made to tug at your heartstrings.




What I didn't say was that I got choked up too. But I got choked up at the very beginning when I saw this just before the movie started.



Disney first used this for the opening of Toy Story. Whenever I see this image and hear the music that goes with it I think about the countless times you and I sat and watched Buzz and Woody.

It took me a while to recover, but Cars was beautiful and fun. It was kinda slow at times and Joe was getting really fidgety, but the ending was exciting.

After the movie finished they included a spoof of Toy Story in the credits. The cars are watching a movie called "Toy Car Story." It was very funny.

I love you.

Look at this monster-sized watch you had. I cannot remember what it was, but Mom probably does. I told her that I wish I had her memory.

I found these in one of Nana's albums in St. Michaels last weekend. They are pictures of you and Jack playing in the space that would later become the swimming pool.

The first picture reminds me of the Karate Kid. You would have liked that movie.









Love you.

This morning Jack and I went grocery shopping. I was excited to see a bunch of new kinds of band-aids, including these Avatar ones. Avatar is a cartoon that started way after you died. Jack watched it a lot when it first came on, but he lost interest. Not sure he watches any TV anymore. Mostly he plays computer games. Age of Mythology is what he spends most of his time on right now.



We took the band-aids down to Georgetown. I need to set up something to remind me every few weeks to bring new ones to the clinic. Mom and I were told that the kids up on the floor really like having the fun band-aids as well. We are going to start supplying them regularly too. I guess we need to buy another "Henry's Toolbox."



Oh yeah, Jack does watch TV. Last night, Jack and I watched the Orioles game. It went into extra innings which was no big deal because Jack had no school today. The Orioles won. It was nice to sit with him and watch. We saw Susan and Simon and Alex at the game. They were sitting in the first row. I sent Susan a message and told her we could see her. It looks like they stayed 'til the end.