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26 March 2013
My son Jon
Update 26 March, 2013: My son Jon died on 19 March. He was 48 years
old, but to me he was still the boy with whom I had conversations on our
walk to school, about history and anything else that caught his
interest. I don't know how much of what I think I know of history I
learned from him, but by now it's most of it. His choice of books for
gifts was always thoughtful; he had little money to spend, and must have
searched yard sales and library book sales all year long. He liked yard
sales, actually, he was a great searcher-out of treasures that others
didn't value. I shall miss him. Grief seizes me without warning.
Obituary via etouch.ca or legacy.com. The last book he gave me was Uncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks. I posted review of it on February 12, 2013.
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