Infinity by Rebekah Parise

You died as flowers do,
Slipped away as the moon sets,
And the sun rises.
You died as angels sing
And worshippers chant.
You died the way the rain falls,
And evaporates to become again.
You died like ancient starlight,
And circling planets,
And someday you will live again
The same way.

An Introduction by Felix

Felix homeschooled from 6th grade until he graduated from high school. The following is his introduction to one of his Oak Meadow distance learning school teachers.

Friday, May 19, 2006 at 5:05pm

Hi. My name is Felix. I forget how many siblings I have but I know there's a lot. I live in my room with my roommate Kathy-Jo. She is a mannequin. I like to eat chocolate, play at the playground, play dress-up, take pictures, run around town with my friends, roll on the floor, have laughing fits, make clothes, make movies, trade clothes with my friends, bother my mom, causing trouble/drama, parties, dancing, listening to music really loud, designing buildings or anything, run around the city with my friends and go shopping, being crazy, flirt, tech plays, snow boarding, mountain biking, and like a lot more. For music I like Bjork and The Dresden Dolls and Fiona Apple and Marilyn Manson and No Doubt and lots of other bands. Oh yeah, I like science and biology. It's fun! Plus, I'm not as bad at it as I am at most other things. Well I want to go roller skating outside now. OH wait I forgot to mention how much I like yard sales and junk. I LOVE JUNK!

Felix's Sour Sixteen Party

For his 16th birthday party, Felix decided to have a Sour Sixteen theme, He wanted it to be the death of childhood so that he could emerge into his adult life (in reality Felix always kept pieces of his childhood with him).

To convey his concept, he chose to have a mock funeral with speakers, music and a eulogy. To invite guests (mourners) to his party (funeral), he wrote up the following:

Felix Brow –Westbrook died unexpectedly Sept 25 Sunday; he would have turned 16 the next day. Felix will always be remembered as strange and a person that used to be alive, but definitely is not! Doing things is what he liked best. He did lots of things at places and on the way accomplished absolutely nothing. He was survived by lots of people, who might not know it, which in doing so they did something for Felix that he could not do for himself, LIVE. They live now until soon, like Felix, they will die, but until then he may or may not remain in their memories as a person that did things. A wake will be held in his honor Sept 25 Sunday, the same day he died. Mourners will dress in black and maybe wear veils and umbrellas. The wake could be decorated in flowers and funeral dirges could be listened to at a funeral.

Felix proved to be an unruly "corpse" and provided, often discontented, commentary about the memories being shared.