the book of jon

This blog is a tribute to a son, a fighter, a friend, an inspiration, a symbol of hope, a scion of unflinching determination, a child of the world who has touched so many of us in so many ways. This is for you Jonathan Byron Gan.

Friday, November 17, 2006

100 Days onwards





Hey Son, it's been a hundred days and the feelings for you haven't diminished an iota. In fact our love grows stronger. As Mitch Albom puts it in his book "Tuesdays with Morrie" which I read in 2 days while I was in Sydney; "Death ends a life but not a relationship". How true it means to anyone to have lost someone you love. That was as comforting to me now as it was at that moment when I read those words.
And what a relationship we have my Son. No wonder over these past few days you have oftentimes invaded my thoughts with memories of our relationship. And what wonderful memories, those images you gave me, they evoke. The picture of you resting over mummy's shoulder one outing in Port Dickson when you were little comes to mind. A picture of joyful melancholy it would seem now but you were our universe then at only months old. What joy we had to have you on a day at the beach just you mum and me.
Then of course there's the picture of you and Zane and Summer, huddling in the foreground of the Golden Gate Bridge picture sitting on my work table. I wondered how a 'geeky' looking you then could turn out to be so dashing, elegant and cool. But not for long because if anyone who knew you enough to just think about you, they would know that it was so natural to understand how you turned out the way you did.
I love you my son, for a hundred more days, weeks,months,years,decades. ..."ends a life, not a relationship". Au Revoir.