Hi Jonathan: Today is your 14th yahzeit. This afternoon Josh emailed me and told me that your movie will be in an L.A. film festival, and will be showing at Grauman's Chinese theater. He asked me to find a photo of you in front of the theater during one of our trips to L.A. And so this evening Mom and I have been looking through all of our photo albums, starting with the day we brought you home from the hospital, a few days after you were born. It has been a very emotional experience, but very suitable for today. Of course we've looked through the photos before, yet I found many that I didn't remember. Every photo brought back memories of how much I (and mom and Josh) loved being with you and how much we always loved you. And we love you still. As always, Dad

Happy Birthday Jonathan: It's a little past midnight, and maybe a little late to be wishing you a happy birthday, but you were never one to go to bed early. I got a later start than I had expected because Mom and I were looking over the new "Johnny Physical Lives" web site. It's a great web site and it was a very emotional experience for both of us. And by the way, I learned some new stuff about you. And I found that I was feeling proud to be your father, just as proud as I always was when you were still physically here with us. You might be interested to hear that another scholarly paper was dedicated to you. David Owen, Professor Emeritus of Assyriology at Cornell University wrote "Three Old Babylonian Accounts," The dedication states that "Jon-78 is in a private collection and is published with the kind permission of the owners in memory of their son Jonathan z"l." I love you and think about you all the time. Dad

Jonathan, Haven't posted anything in a long time. Felt a little embarrassed about how many times I came back here telling you about our film-to-be. There's a certain stillness (or maybe "calmness" is a better word), that I feel now that Johnny Physical Lives has started screening for audiences. I feel like I'm finally able to treat the past as the past and the present as the present. It doesn't mean I'm not going to continue to think about you--just that I don't need to prop your memory up against the present in order to feel like you are still with me. I guess that's one of the meanings of the title of the film. In less high-fallutin news, this memorial site was recently given new life by a friend of mine who you never got a chance to meet even though she was in college Boston area around the time you were. I think you guys would've really taken to each other. Oh, and if you notice more traffic coming to this website (since it seems like I imagine you monitoring web analytics in the hereafter), it's because we've dropped a link to it on the website for our film, www.johnnyphyicallives.com. Okay, guess that's all for now.... Love, Josh

Hi Jonathan: Today was your thirteenth yahrzeit. Strange that it doesn't seem like that long a time and yet the number thirteen, when remembered as your age as a Bar Mitzvah, celebrated a great many years that contained a great many accomplishments and milestones. Many of those accomplishments have stayed with us and are parts of our everyday thoughts, especially today. And perhaps the reason for the thirteen yahrzeit years seeming like such a short time is that there are no more of your milestones to track the time that has passed. We love you and we think of you with us still again.

Today you are 35 year old Jonathan, and we all love and miss you just as much as ever. This birthday is different from others in two ways, besides it being number 35. First, your birthday coincides with the Chinese New Year. More than a billion besides us are celebrating today. Very appropriate, even though they don't know it's your birthday. Second,and most important, is that you became an uncle just s little more than 3 weeks ago. Your nephew, Herschel Baer, is so cute. You would have loved him and I would have loved watching you with him. You would have been a wonderful uncle, and a wonderful father, too.

Thinking of you Jonathan on your birthday. You are always in our hearts. Aunt Mona and Uncle Ron

Hi Jonathan. Tonight starts your twelfth Yahrzeit. Coincidentally two other things occurred today. First, Germany beat Argentina in the World Cup final. It was a tough job for Germany to prove that they are ostensibly the best team in the world. But my thoughts were still on you and I kept thinking how easy it was for me to be sure that there was no better son in the world. And second, tonight between mincha and maariv my synagogue and possibly many other synagogues around the world started saying psalms, asking God for help in protecting his people in Israel from the current terrorist rocket attacks. I agreed with the sentiment of the prayer, but couldn’t help diverting my thoughts to asking God why you couldn’t have been protected from your disease and from the treatment that lead to your death. You remain in our thoughts and we love you today and every day.

Happy birthday Jonathan. Mom made a chocolate cake for your birthday and we are just about to have it. I know you would love it. We will be thinking about you tonight, as always.

Happy Bithday Jonathan. We are thinking of you today and always. With Love Aunt Mona and Uncle Ron

Almost finished with your rock n' roll documentary…I think you'd dig it.