The Shining

We are all familiar with the terrifying book by Stephen King and its hyper-popular counterpart movie starring Jack Nicholson, which probably brought more fame to the phrase "Heeeere's Johnny" than old Ed McMahon ever did, but I have an even better memory.
If you've been keeping up, you will have noticed that Blair's vocabulary has been a mainstay of levity and delight in my life. As a derivative of the word sunshine, Blair used to refer to the daytime as "shining outside". This part of his lexicon was, in turn, passed on to Milo.
Some of the sweetest and cutest moments in my life have occurred early in the morning with Blair, or late at night with Milo when I have had to move him from the van to the house. They would just barely wake up, look into my eyes, and in very infantile, soft voices, the likes of which can only be produced by a young child as he is just waking up, they would whisper, "Is it shining outside now?"
Often Milo, in his natural exuberance, would wake up before I did. In order to wake me up, he would excitedly announce his belief that it was time to be out of bed.
"Look, Daddy! It's shining outside! It's shining outside!" That is an alarm clock to die for, which no man with a heart could resist.
See you in heaven,
Shakes.