My baby boy,

We went to see the Minecraft movie today. When you passed, we didn’t even know they were making a Minecraft movie. You would have loved it. I could just picture your face and smile while watching the movie. I brought your Minecraft blanket from the hospital with me. It’s come to every movie we’ve gone have gone to since losing you. It’s a way to have you with us and was also extremely appropriate to have at the movie today.

Your siblings loved it. They were actually laughing out loud, humming along to the songs, yelling out things they saw, and Lucas kept asking if it was almost over because he didn’t want it to end. For a kids’ movie, I was entertained. I don’t understand Minecraft anyway, so the randomness of the movie seemed quite appropriate. Lucas said he thought your favorite part would have been when the zombies attacked the sheep and it started to scream. I was smiling while thinking about how much you would have loved it, while simultaneously tearing up because you never got the chance to see it.

Today was the special event from Legacy of Life in memory of all the donors. I wish I could have been there, but I know that a butterfly was released for you. I also know that your name was still spoken and you were remembered. I’m still so incredibly proud of you, your donation, and helping as many people as you could. You were that human, the giving one who would do anything to help someone else. I’m sorry I never got your quilt square made, it just wasn’t a thing I got done this past ten months. You deserve to be fully remembered, so I will try and work on it for next year.

I’m going to put Ellie to bed now because Elijah took forever. I guess he’s slept so much the last two days that he had extra energy. I love you more than anything, sweetie. Goodnight and sweet dreams.