Last Friday, we celebrated Nick’s fourth birthday in Tübingen. In the picture above, which was taken during a holiday trip he has just returned from, you can see his dedication for everything he does. In my last post, I said that’s something he has in common with Nadine.

It often appears to me that he is also capable to live up to the high standard of Nadine’s emotional sensitivity: During his birthday party, he suddenly interrupted his play to tell me that Nadine is watching us from her cloud in heaven. It seemed like he was exactly waiting for a moment in which the two of us were alone to voice his consolation – just like a sensitive adult would have done.

Please allow me to use Nick’s amazing action as a reason to repeat this song once again: