Finality is such and odd thing. It is something that seems to escape me when it`s all I could hope for, and yet it is forced upon me when it is what I most dread. There are things we don`t necessarily want to do, it is only that we must do them.

The most important lessons often come at great expense. They come not at the expense of money, but at the expense of friends, health, love, and even life.