In Memory of Gaje Jeffrey Florence

I don't know why,
I will never know why
I don't have to know why,
I don't like it
I don't have to like it,
what I do have to di sis make a choice about my living
What I do want to do is accept it and go one living
The choice is mine
I can go on living, valuing every moment
ina way I never did before
or I can be destroyed by it and
in turn, destroy others
I thought I was immortal
that my family and my children were also
that tragedy happened only to others
but I know now that life is tenuous and valuable
So, I am choosing to on living
making the most of the time I have
valuing my family and friends
in a way never possible before

From the book "MY Son, My Son"