They've been awesome. Without them, who knows where me and my siblings would be. We may be out on the street.

They often begin by starting with what the child already knows and observes, and what the siblings know.

A lot of heart. There's so much I could have stopped dealing with at all. I could have rebelled, shut down, something like that. But I have my family to take care of. I have a lot of things. But through the grace of God, he has helped me carry through.

It's just unreal. We have worked so hard all year. Now our business is finished.

Hey, you feel like driving today?" he asks. "I don't want to walk to the bus stop. It's too cold."
"You feel like dying today?"
"Sure. I like risking my life. Keeps things in perspective.

You see, that's who you are, Joe. All these things. That's the person I know, and through him is the way you'll know me, because connected to all these things are moments, and for so many of them, I was there. And that's the thing that hurts so much...

You see, you were the only person who knew everything. Because you were there. You were my witness. And you make sense of the fucked-up mess I become every now and then. And I could at least look at you and think, at least he knows why I am the way I am. There were reasons. But I can't do that anymore and I feel so lonely.