I awoke this morning thinking about this beautiful boy, my nephew, who unfortunately never grew into a man although he would have been a great one which is probably why my ex-husband always called him “Great Scott.” Today would have been his birthday.
You can see in this child’s face, slightly swollen from the chemo, radiance. In this child’s eyes, wisdom beyond his years. In this child’s smile, acceptance.
For the Great Scotts of the world, please . . . not another needless and totally preventable war. There’s enough misery in the world.
Saying nothing in particular 
Thanks, Jan. Iām so sorry about your beautiful nephew, Scott. We do not need any more wars or misery š©·
We need a whole lot more love in the world. Love’s in need of love today – as Stevie Wonder would say.
Cancer is so cruel and when it hits children, I’m both devastated and incensed. What a wonderful remembrance of Great Scott! He has such a sweet face.
Yes, he was a beautiful and sweet child. The treatments back then were barbaric – at least those have improved.
I am so sorry. So sorry. And so many who do grow up, as you said, die in stupid and ridiculous wars. Horrifying. Beautiful child.
Thank you. There’s so much misery that cannot be prevented that I don’t know why mankind longs to create more.
There is nothing in life more tragic than a terminally ill child. He looks a treasure, Janet xx
I completely agree. I worked for Make-a-Wish for years and the parents never get beyond a child’s loss.
In many ways, the world is a horror show. Nature is unforgiving. Human behavior, overall, never improves.
It is … there’s absolutely no excuse for what’s happening now.
Hi Jan,
The bedside Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a pretty good salve for the spirit. Great Scott is there for all of us. Love. Duke
Thanks Duke.
Oh my God we need love but no one is listening. Your beautiful Scott and all those of his like are too good for this shit storm of this world! I am so sorry he died young but sadly this world would ruin the beautiful souls of these children.
Please world wake up š
It breaks my heart every time I hear or read a story about a child losing their life at such a young age. Thank you for sharing this, and we truly need no more unnecessary wars.
You have to believe that wars are started by clueless men who’ve never known real pain. Otherwise it makes no sense at all.
Thatās true.
A beautiful and poignant post
Thank you.
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Ever so sorry, Jan. It is always a heartbreak when the young, kids or just young go first. (A reminder that there is no justice in this valley of tears…)
How old would Scott be now?
It truly is He would have been in his forties.
That’s when one wonders about all the things he could have done. We lost one of our sons-in-law to a horrific accident in 2017. It will be ten years, next year. Even though our daughter is all right now, I wonder every day about all the things they would/should have done…
Oh my. Sorry to hear. It must have been a horrible shock for your daughter.
For everyone of course. It took years of ‘reconstruction’ as they say now. But she’s all right now… So we’re all right too…