This is in memory of Christopher Henry Owens, Shirley’s and Scott’s baby who died last Friday, a month before his due date. He was born the following day: 18 inches tall, 4 pounds, 6 ounces, reddish-brown hair. They took pictures, which I’ll see this weekend. At the hospital they got to hold him whenever they wanted.
Last month I knitted him a little green sailor sweater and started on matching socks. The socks should’ve been easy. The first one was recalcitrant but ultimately I got the better of it. The second, however, dug in its little heel, and flat-out refused to get made. Oddly, it turned out that all this knitting up and tearing out was simultaneous with the last moments of Christopher’s life. I threw out the unfinished, unfinishable sock and gave the other to Shirley.
