This is one of my very favorite pictures:
Elise 'beating' Blake in an arm-wrestling match
at my 29th birthday party.
What you can't see is how hard she's laughing,
almost to the point of crying!
Blake made people laugh,
helped them loosen up--
so fun to watch and be a part of.
For the time that I knew him,
especially that summer,
Blake made life fun,
sweet, easy, vivid
and full full full of love.