Z had a giggle that made anyone immediately check their feet for toilet paper. If you stepped in something, he'd be the first to smell it. If you ate something, he'd instantly see it in your teeth. He never missed a thing and he wouldn't let you either.

For a period of time when all our family gatherings included a video camera, his was the voice that narrated the madness and pulled it all together and put everyone in their place.

I wish he was writing this, it would be so much better.