Prologue
The pain of losing someone you love is great. Large and unforgiving. Therapy doesn't help. Talking does. Talking to your friends and family. Family doesn't end with blood. Family is anyone who cares enough about you to risk their life for your sake. Never lose that. If you meet people like that, hold on to them. And if you lose them, go out and find more people like that. They're a necessity. They keep you sane. They keep you safe. They are as important as food and water. People die, that's life. The living move on. Their shouldn't just stop. If your life stopped after you lost someone, what would be the point. No one would do anything. We'd all just sit, like rocks. Eventually, we'd all fade away.