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I know what happens to me after I die, but what about those left behind?

This is the image that recurs to me: Bess looking around for the last time, Bess shutting the door for the last time, Bess walking down the hall for the last time, Bess walking out of the building for the last time, Bess being alone and me not being able to do anything about it.

This article by Jake Seliger, a man dying of terminal cancer, might just be the deepest and most profound story of life—and love—I’ve ever read. Prepare yourself; this will hit hard and deep at your very core, and remind you of your humanity.

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