Guess Who Was on Jeopardy Last Night?

Last night, my phone began to buzz. “Light television!” My uncle said. “Did we know about this?!” My sister -in -law Emily asked. “Jeopardy tonight!” He wrote the collaborator of Caj Kelly Dawson, along with a photo he snapped in his living room:

On the screen, the danger warning was: “Dying lung cancer, Paul Kalanithi tried to answer what life is worth living in ‘when breathing becomes’ this.”

Of course, I immediately called my sister, Lucy. Readers for a long time will know that she and Paul were married for eight years before he died in 2015. She helped walk their memoirs, when the breath becomes air, to publish the following year.

By phone, Lucy and I laughed for the first time on the game program itself. Can you imagine if someone asked the question: “What is the air?” And you replied: “Watching lung cancer, Paul Kalanithi tried to answer what is worth living life in” when breath becomes “this.” A truly wild response, haha.

But my sister was moved and happy that Paul’s memories remain part of the cultural conversation. “One of the things that really surprised me after Paul died was that He actually died“He said in a big salad problem (gift link).” He had had a late stage for two years, and even knew that he was going to die that same day, but when someone really dies, he simply disappears. They simply disappear. I felt so shocking for me. “

We always visit Paul’s tomb when we visit San Francisco, and Lucy and his daughter are regularly with friends and family, especially on days such as the New Year’s Eve or Paul’s birthday. “Sometimes I’m going alone, especially when I don’t feel like me,” he told me. “I will lie on him, and then I will feel better. On our wedding anniversary, I will bring him a lemon lemon.”

Did you see Jeopardy’s episode yesterday? And are you missing someone today? Xoxo

PS: How to write a condolence note, and what do you think it happens when you die?

(Thanks to Kelly Dawson for the photo in real time!)