Dylan loved technology very early in his life. I remember the first time I tried to show him how to use a computer. I thought it was funny to see his little hand working the mouse. The mouse was bigger than his hand. I just thought that was so funny. He seemed to go through the educational games we got for him faster than we could produce them.

I rewarded him one year for doing so well school by telling him he would get a computer, but he would have to build it. I bought the parts and explained each one to him and supervised while he put it together. I might have put the heat sink on the CPU, but that was it. I am pretty sure he learned something from the experience, because he used to talk about the technical details of what he wanted in his next computer. For gaming of course. I always thought that he might go into some kind of technology career, but he seemed disinterested. I suspect that is mostly because he didn’t want to do the same kind of work as his dad.

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The holidays are upon us and we continue to miss you terribly, Dylan.