I guess I had a certain view of how things were going to go and I thought I would have my mom for longer.

"I guess I had a certain view of how things were going to go and I thought I would have my mom for longer. She passed away a year and a half ago pretty unexpectedly. I’m not married yet and I don’t have any kids. The thing that I always think about is, like... I always thought my mom would be there to meet my kids and be at my wedding. That’s the craziest part. It’s so weird because I have to imagine all those things without her now. It’s a challenge every single day. It's changed me. All of a sudden it feels like anything and everything could be taken away from me at any time, even things I love. And I'm trying to get comfortable with that. It’s taught me that life is not necessarily going to work out how I planned it, which I think is a valuable lesson. Because until you’ve had bad stuff happen to you, it feels like everything will always work out. And it will. But maybe not the way you thought.”