Remembering Roddy Scott

Tomorrow, March 21, marks the third anniversary of Roddy's death. It will also be the fourth anniversary of my grandmother Mary Wardle's death and Henry Emiliano's completion of 1.5 years of life. Whew. (Rod, below, in the white shoes, cool and composed)

A lot has happened in three years. I'm thinking of the weddings of Kerry+Cristina, Chuck+Holly and Ana+Nate, for example, and the births of, well, Henry Mount, Alessandro Basile, Lily Rose, Asher Testa, Lo Löwenhielm, Mike Guerriero III--and I'm sure I'm forgetting a tot or two. Time marches on for us, Rod's friends and family, and sometimes even the most positive events taste a little bittersweet because time has stopped for him.


My earliest memories of my little brother really come into focus when he was one and a half, the age Henry is now. (I was a big girl of five at the time--as in the bathtub photo above.) Memories of baby R. pop up as my own son happily plays in the bathtub or chases bubbles these days.

I know others are thinking of Rod at various ages this time of year. I hope we stay in touch to remember the past and celebrate those happy events of the present.