Today is our son Mekbul's 21st birthday. He should be celebrating this right of passage today with all the well wishes & toasts that come with it. So this is a hard day, the glaring reminder of what we are missing & the enormous hole in our hearts & lives where he should be. 1/ But Mek made everyone lucky enough to know him feel good. We laughed more for sure. He had an impish heart, always looking for a good prank, a little levity, a way to show up with some effort to lighten our seriousness. He shared his joy. 2/