I have a blog post about Disney and Christmas and how wonderful everything was. I could write about this renovation my new year’s resolutions my life but honestly right now I feel like that’s irrelevant. At Fenway over the last two decades (yes, two decades) I’ve had the pleasure of meeting thousands of people. Can’t go without mentioning my husband was one of these individuals. People always ask “do you meet the players?” Yes. “Do you meet famous people?” Yes. “Who is the coolest person you’ve ever met?” I’d truthfully have to answer my husband but he’s locked in for life now. So the real answer is Austin Quinn and his family brother Logan, mom Laura, and dad Richard. I can’t explain it but Austin touched my heart. His mom and dad are remarkable folks and his brother Logan is cool in a 16 year old chill kind of way. The obvious in the room was that Austin (13) had cancer but for some reason I can’t say that was what I saw. I saw a boy who loved the Red Sox more than most and who really believed in them. He was basically undefeated at Fenway. He believed. Looking at Austin’s physical features would cause you to see that he was sick but his personality was otherwise. So forgive my denial when his mother reached out last week to let me know that Austin passed away peacefully on Monday. Now this is NOT about me at all. Not even a slight bit. This is a reminder. This is about how one kid touched everyone he met and he should still be here. He was a fighter. This is about the world being terrible and and taking things away from all of us too soon. It’s about recognizing what we all have and that taking every moment for granted is not an option. It’s about family being everything and bonding together in tough times. It’s about the Red Sox meaning more than baseball to so many people. Austin was baseball it was what he liked and we could make him feel like someone without a disease. My last words with Austin were “Austin you have to come back and see Fenway in the snow it’s awesome in the snow”. He said he would and he waited for it to snow. That never happened but I have to imagine the day his mom told me we proceeded to have snow all weekend. I think that’s my sign that Austin made it snow on Fenway and has the greatest view of all.