It's hard to say what the unspoken limits are or who gets to decide, but this really was not just the family putting up a memorial - many people in the community had added to it, including lots of kids who went to school with Sammy. It was on a barricade that sits by the park - right by where the family lives, right…

Thank you. <3

Thank you. For everything.

I wonder if your mom might appreciate the chance to talk about your brother? Obviously it's hard for me to say, not knowing her and also he was so young and it was so long ago. Thank you so much for sharing about your family with me, and for the link as well.

<3.

Thank you.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Thank you. I'm so sorry about your grandma, and for your loss of your dad, and at such a young age for you. So unfair.

Thank you so much. How Banjo can go through life with this loss is somewhat inconceivable to me. I know that people say that they can't imagine what I'm going through, and to some extent it's true but to another I know there must be a piece of them imagining.... but for B to have lost his brother - it's just beyond…

I'm so sorry.

Thank you. I am so sorry for your loss, and for your other brother's pain as well.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I'm sorry for your loss, and thank you. I felt strong when he was sick, but now I don't feel like I am - it's just that I still have a living son, so I have no choice but to be alive.

Thank you, and I'm sorry for your loss. Your mom must have been an incredible woman to express such a generous sentiment.

Thank you. His name was Caleb - Caleb Mazal. His Hebrew name was Chaim Mazal - "lucky life."

Thank you, and I am so sorry for your loss as well. I have a friend who lost her daughter in infancy, I know she suffers greatly from the loss. There are so many differences but under it all, it's still a piece of a mother's heart.

He was brilliant and kind, stubborn and wise... full of spirit - whether enthusiasm to grab life by the horns. or righteous anger about injustices (real or perceived ;), or gratitude for his life and the wonderful blessings we often take for granted.

Wow. So much for you to have gone through. I am sorry. Fucking fuck cancer.

Thank you.