Spin It For Me Sweet

This photo of my son,Zane (right) and his best friend, Nate was taken at the Millennium Park in Chicago a couple of summers ago.  We took Nate and Zane to their first big rock concert as part of Zane's birthday celebration.  Nate has been an important part of our family for years and I have many fond memories of him.

I remember giving Nate a bowl years ago, assuming he would stick it on a shelf somewhere and forget about it.  A while later, he came to the house with a distressed look on his face.  He told me that he ate his morning cereal from that bowl everyday and had accidentally broken it.  I told him to go out to the studio and pick out a new one.  He gave me a smile and asked me to "spin it for me sweet".  I thought that was the loveliest turn of phrase and it secured a special place in my heart for him.

Nathan Securro had a terrible car crash on Saturday night and died from his injuries.  Our whole family is completely devastated by this loss...  Please keep his family in your prayers and remember to hug those one's who are close to you often.