Norm
Wizard
Tomorrow will be the one year anniversary of that fateful day. I can lie to myself but I know that I've thought about my life without Jake. I thought about the blissful ignorance of never knowing this tragedy. I've thought I was weak and didn't deserve to have such a great kid. I've thought that there are millions of people around the world who have known much greater tragedies and whined much less.
Religious, spiritual, or none of that, whichever you consider yourself, you are the composite of the experiences you have accumulated in life. I looked myself in the eye today (the picture above) and today I can only come up with one conclusion. Tomorrow, and the rest of my days may be a different conclusion. But today I am thankful for friends here and around me, my family, especially my daughter, the light of my life, and all those good souls out there who have helped me get through my life.