Alex

 

Even though Alex is being cremated, there needed to be a preparation and viewing, for Matt's sake, even if not for everyone else's.  Matt spent all those hours in the ER with teams of people doing what needed to be done to try to save Alex.  That was not meant to be a sensitive time, it was meant to provide every effort for Alex's survival.  It was intense, invasive, and brutal.  This viewing was a chance for more peaceful last moments.  Matt and Lindsay spent the evening there, accompanied by friends and family.  Lindsay's parents, Steve and Lori, had Arie with them but dropped her off at the house before they went there.  Brian made sure Tony, Conner, and Austin got the time there they needed.  Christi and Andy stayed.  Becky made sure everyone got hugs.  Judy and I stayed home with Arie and Ayla and were there for others as they arrived.  Here's Ayla in her new unicorn dress.

 

So good to have friends from childhood, Chad, and Bo there.  We just love those boys.  They stood at Matt's side, in support, for the four-hour viewing; here, grabbing a bite in the kitchen after.

 

 

These two that we lovingly refer to as "boys" now are well older than Judy and I were when we first met them.