Sebastian Wood Morrison

Sebastian Wood Morrison, better known to everyone as “Squish,” 2 years old, passed away Thursday, December 8th, 2022. Born in Winter Park, Florida, August 27th, 2020, he is survived by: his parents, Barton & Stefanie Morrison; his two brothers, Everett (8) and Leo (6); his grandparents, Susan Wood, Kenneth Wood and his wife Maggie, W. Ware Morrison and his wife Nancy, Kay Sands Peters and her husband John; his great-grandmother, Josephine Claxton; his nanny and best friend, Justyse Holmes; and so many other loving relatives and friends. Services for Squish will be held at New Hope Presbyterian Church (newhopepca.com), located at 19535 Eustis Airport Rd, Eustis, Florida 32736 on Monday, December 19th, 2022 at 10:00 AM. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Mount Dora Library which is collecting funds in memoriam to be used in purchasing and installing a children’s feature in the Children’s Program Room (where Storytime takes place which Squish dearly loved). To donate online, use this site with the notation of “Sebastian” - https://www.friendsofthelibrarymountdora.com/donate/ or send a check made out to Mount Dora Library with memo line: “Sebastian”. Mail the check to: Mount Dora Library, 1995 North Donnelly Street, Mount Dora, Florida 32757. Online Guestbook available at www.hardenpauli.com Arrangements by Harden/Pauli Funeral Home, Eustis. Sebastian “Squish” Morrison was a joyful, hilarious, sweet, beautiful, extraordinary little boy. He loved to spend time playing with his older brothers, Leo and Everett, whom he called “Eo and the boy,” hanging out with his nanny and friend, Justyse, whom he lovingly called “Juh Juh,” and snuggling and playing with the dogs, Hope and Birdie, “Ope and Gooey”. Adored by his “Momma and Daddy,” he was a constant source of laughter and delight; often when performing a pirate dance to the “Pirates of the Caribbean” theme wearing only a diaper and a pirate hat, wielding a sword and screaming “YAHHH” at the top of his lungs; or when following behind a complete stranger at a BBQ place saying “yummy yummy!”; or whenever leaving Storytime at the library with Juh-Juh waving goodbye to his “fren” (friends); along with countless other examples. He will continue to spread joy and delight long after his passing in our memories of him and in the ways we have all been changed for the better by knowing him.

A Note from the Parents:
There are moments in life that have no words because they are simply too unimaginable to garner description. We are currently living in the unimaginable. Thursday morning started like any other day and ended with Barton and I singing our sweet baby into the arms of Jesus. We don’t understand His timing and we are praying daily for His peace, grace, mercy, love and healing of our hearts. We know Sebastian is currently in the glory of God experiencing the fullness of joy (also probably wearing a pirate hat and rain boots while eating a lollipop) but we still long to hold our precious boy in our arms, our ears long to hear his sweet laughter and our hearts ache for the time we thought we would have with our boy. Please pray for us as we mourn the loss of a piece of our hearts. We love you, Squish. You will always be part of our family, part of our story and more valuable to us than all the stars in the sky. Momma and Daddy can’t wait to see you again in our Heavenly home.