They really tried to keep each other up.

That was the very lowest time.

He was a healthy guy. No one believed it would be cancer.

It makes us very proud of him. It makes me realize that even in David's death, he's still doing something in life.

Pain is something that's common to human life. When we ignore it, we aren't engaging in the whole reality, and the pain begins to fester.

At 20 and 30, we are like travelers in a foreign country, reading the guide book to learn how to behave, to learn when the post office is open. Trivia looms important; critical issues fade into a pastel background, unrecognized.