Last Lecture

I recently read the Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. I found it to be very touching and thought provoking. I had heard the background story on the book, so I went into to it expecting to cry and feel down for a few days after reading it, but it actually made me smile, made, me think, made me feel joy, and it did bring a few tears to my eyes. If I were in Randy's shoes I have no idea how I would handle myself- I feel as though it definitely would not have been with the grace he did. If I had to give my last lecture/ talk with one last person I do not know how I would feel, much less what I would say. I often think about things like this and stories such as Randy's do hold a special place in my life. When I was three, my mom was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer and the doctors did not give her a good/ positive diagnosis. Stories like Randy's make me think what it would be like to have lived 19 years without my mother. Although, I can't dwell on the past or dramatize events so long later, it is a sort of wake-up call to remind me how different my life could have been.