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E&J - June 27, 2009
- 1. Eliud & JohnathanJune 27, 2009 A typical story of Boy Meets… Boy
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Editor's Notes
- As some of you know I came to know Eliud several years after college. I’ve been lucky enough to become friends with many of you and from what I understand they were great times filled with lots of laughter and revelry and occasionally some study.
- But it was here in college that Eliud laid the foundation for many of the strong friendships he enjoys today.
- And then, a few years after college, Eliud made his way to New York where he crashed on a couch in the apartment that Jesse and I shared in Chelsea. The three of us and others from the college gang – Matt, Roy, Alex, Eli – had a great time carousing around New York and he and I became fast friends. It should be said though that our friendship was not without its peril for Eliud – he found himself a frequent target of my light-hearting teasing and became a general foil for any number of pranks that Jesse and I played on him. I’m reminded of the time he called up a girl on whom he had a crush (yes, a girl) to tell her of his crush . Or times such as the one in the picture where I forced him to serve as a tee for an impromptu game of dock golf… you’ll note the golf ball on his head…
- It was in those years that I introduced him to his last girlfriend. And that he began to more publicly wrestle with this essential part of himself. One thing Eliud is not, though, is subtle, and what…
- As you’ll see in later pictures among they’re many admirable traits is enthusiastic embraces of halloween – this is when were first getting to know Johnathan when the two of them showed up as Ponch and John from the classic eighties TV show chips.
- We would all come to know him well, love many things about him including his tremendous sense of humor and would embrace him…
- We would all come to know him well, love many things about him including his tremendous sense of humor and would embrace him…
- We would all come to know him well, love many things about him including his tremendous sense of humor and would embrace him…
- But then came the troubles – a period of a year or two when they sadly parted. We didn’t see much of Johnathan in that time but word was, or at least we hoped for our friend Eliud’s sake, that he was having a tough time of it.
- Eliud too was struggling– it was an unhappy period…
- And an awkwardness as he tried to figure out a path forward
- Characterized by a general surliness
- Of self-pity
- Of self-pity
- One of oddcoupllings and self absorption… So we were only too happy…
- We did what we could to cheer him up, bringing him along as a third… and fifth… and seventh wheel
- And we were all thrilled to welcome him back into our merry band of
- Been nothing but good times since…
- And we were all thrilled to welcome him back into our merry band of
- And then talk to of a family, or rather an expansion of one – here with their first childAnd then it came time to contemplate children and they went about thinking about their first – Henry…
- And then an engagement and time for all to celebrate
- All leading up to this weekend – here’s a picture from their engagement party last fall…
- And as their friends propagated talk of their own kids – here they are with our daughter Zoe a year ago. And then, as their friends started to propagate, so too did Johnathan and Eliud begin to think about a family of their own – here they are a year ago with our daughter Zoe.
- And here, another of Eliud clearly connecting with our little Zoe, five months prior to the previous picture
- Or here, teaching our young, impressionable child how to flip off her parents…
- But then came their turn and they’ve jumped in with gusto. Sure, it’s a brave new world they are navigating but it’s good to have seen them embrace the roles – here are pictures of Eliud from a few weeks ago in what he thinks is appropriate pregnancy wear
- If a bit of a lack of class…
- Or here Johnathan breaking in a new nursing bra… And it’s clearly a total effort and commitment they have – here, for instance, is Johnathan breaking in their new nursing bra.
- Always having fun together
- Always there to help each other
- And support each other
- So, a toast, to Eliud and Johnathan, our honored guests and I think we can all agree, a match made in heaven…