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The beginning of you, the first breath of your existence, every cell in my body became new with your newness. I inhaled your breath and...

You had so many observations to make. At 2yrs. you were using complete sentences. “The sun won’t come down because the sun is stuck. The...

Your big imagination continued throughout your youth. Many of the crazy stories you made up while jumping on the bed (the energy level...

At Rainbow Falls in Yosemite, you were maybe 4 years old.and already running up the hills like a mountain goat. The other boys looked on...

In kindergarten, while the class sat in a neat circle, you couldn’t stop wiggling. Your teacher finally stopped what she was doing,...

It wasn’t that you couldn’t sit still. I would read to you for hours from the Oz books, fairy tales, anything fantasy when you were...

I’ll never forget the care with which you dressed yourself, at the age of 9 for Grandy’s funeral. You loved your grandfather dearly, but...

“Nonna, can we watch Das Reingold? I’ve read all about it” says Ari. “What? You want to listen to Wagner? Oh brother!” Replied Nonna....

Ari and Ethan’s McGuire/ McDonald Barrrrrr Mitvah was a coalescence of hard work, family togetherness, and perseverance. Cantor Rita...

Ari’s first girlfriend. Eat your heart out Aoife!

Ari and Cousin Ethan help out in the San Francisco Jewish Community Preschool

Joe Remembers On Friday nights when Carole was away, Ari and I would go to the Japanese restaurant on Geary and 18th Avenue. The wait...

When Ari was in Alamo elementary school, one of his favorite teachers was Mrs. McLaughlin. We went to hear the final oral book reports...