"I'll always be grateful for your wisdom in that moment in your saying to me, in the wake of my brother's suicide, that sadness certainly wasn't an option. But that suffering surely was. In your clearing, I chose right then to celebrate the sacredness of my next undeserved breath. I can't remember ever having suffered, from that magical moment, till now, over anything really, no matter how great the loss. If Kristina doesn't mean 'grace' in some language, it really should."

                                                                 John K, Viet Nam