[ Now that is a feeling anyone who made it through the blight with even a small part of their family still intact can relate with. ]

I wonder why it's so easy to focus on the things we've lost and so difficult to focus on what it is we still have.

[ At least, it's seemed that way, lately. He's sure it wasn't always the case. He doesn't quite realize that he's said it until he has. ]

Forgive me. It's remarkably comforting to hear so many of these memories are about family. It's such a pure source of happiness, the people who know and love you best.