When my dad passed 9 years ago, one of his oldest friends pulled me aside and said- can I give you a little bit of advice? That piece of advice he gave me was at times the lifeboat that held me above water when I thought I would drown. I just found out he passed yesterday.

And now I have to figure out how to craft this email to send to his daughter and pass to her the words from her dad that saved my whole life. Being alive is really something. This human experience in all it’s shit and sunshine is really worth something.