Name: Emily

Age: 13

State: Kentucky

i read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend he referred to the dates on her tombstone from the beginning to the end. he noted that first came the date of birth and spoke the following date with tears, but he said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years, for the dash represents all the time that she spent alive on earth and now only those who loved her know what that little line is worth, not how we own the cars, the house, and the cash, but what matters is how we live an love and how we spend our dash.