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Jason Senkow Coxon
October 13, 1976

To Jason at Fifteen Months

This fragile, sturdy life began a dot
And grew until it could not be contained,
And being born it struggled and it fought
Until it could no longer be restrained.

Jason is the eldest of our three children - all boys. When he was born, both grandmothers, who had been waiting in the hospital waiting room, decided he was superior to the other babies in the hosptial nursery as soon as they saw him.

Jason has always demanded detailed answers to all questions, begining at an early age. For instance, at age 5, when asking the typical questions about sex differences that children always ask, he wasn't satisfied with the answer until I explained that hormones, triggered by specialized parts of the brain, were released into the blood stream, travelling around the body to cause changes as people mature.

He remains analytical to this day, enjoying the challenges of higher mathematics, logic and philosophy.

And now he chases friction cars and cats
(The latter - neither tail nor paw secure.)
He sweeps the floor with plastic balls and bats,
And where he'll turn up next, we're never sure.

He jabbers in a language all his own
And quite a dozen words or more we know.
Before we're ready he will be full grown,
But 'til our tiny gentleman must go,
He's mama's little Englishman a while,
Disguised behind an impish, baby smile.

Jason & Miki - Christmas 1977

Philosophy Found

I watched
You unfurl the perennial
Petals of philosophy.
Each new wisdom
Discovered by the hour
Until you budded
With simple
Truth.

I smiled
As your eyes sparked
With the first blush
Of your crusade
To share the fresh pink blossom
While it bloomed
With vibrant
Youth.

I know
That petals wilt with age
Turn brown
And one by one
They drop from the flower
Drift down
To the compost
From which springs
In time
The well nourished rose
Of experience.

Jason, Easter 1994,
Stoke-on-Trent

Senior Prom night, 1994

Jay and Alexis - New Year's Eve 2001

Jason - familiarly called "Jay" - graduated from Grand Valley State University, in April 2001, with a majorin Computer Information Systems and a minor in Mathematics. On July 26, 2003, he married Alexis Victoria Sneller. They honeymooned in Scotland, where they enjoyed everything from the rugged wilds to castles and distillaries.

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