Although I can’t claim to know him well, Mark is one of the people who helped get me started when I was learning just enough about WordPress to become facinated with it, and programming in general. He encouraged me, and treated me with respect. People like him are why I am still involved in Open Source Software.

Mark posted that his wife gave birth at 21 weeks to a daughter, who was able to be with them for only 15 minutes. Her name is Angel.

My heart breaks for Mark, Jennifer and Angel. I know this pain too well.