A dear family that we have loved for the 9 years we have known them has lost their son to lukemia this week. He died after an intense week long battle with cranial bleeding. One minute he was fine. The next his loving parents rushed him to the ER, discovered he had lukemia, then discovered he had bleeding in the brain…and one short week later he was gone. He never woke up and never knew he had a disease.

Because the ICU’s now have internet connections. Kandice and Ryan had the ability to take a cathartic and therapuetic approach and create a blog to tell friends and family about his progress during intense chemo. This led to hundreds of postings, a shrine at Ezra’s school, 1000 paper cranes, candles left on door steps and the proper kind of shared greiving that must have been common when we all lived in villages but is denied us usually in the modern age.

Everyone should have such love and it is interesting and strange how sick and hurt I feel about Ezra’s passing, leaving behind his twin brother and older sister but even stranger how comforting it is to see so many people sharing their love for this amazing family on the internet.

Read more on Ezra’s Blog