Maria

Arron was one of Maria's first baby sitters. I helped him learn to change her diaper and he never tired of playing with her and reading her books. It was a month after this photo that Arron moved to New York as a student at the School of American Ballet.

Maria took it hard. She wouldn't let anyone bring up Arron's name nor the name of the city to which he had moved. It was really difficult when she was at the ballet studio where her mom, Vicky, and I both worked. People were constantly asking me for updates on how Arron was doing. This was around the same time the first Harry Potter movie debuted and Vicky and I took to referring to Arron as "he-who-shall-not-be-named" or "Lord Voldemort".