Itwasahotsummerday．MydadandIweregettingreadytogooutforarideontheboatwithmyfriendKatieandthedogwhenthephonecallcame,thecallthatmadethatbright,beautifuldayacold,dark,gloomyone．

Ihadjustputonmysuit,shorts,andtanktop,andpackedmybagwithsunscreenandeverythingelseIwouldneedfortheday．Iranintomyparents’roomtofindDad．WhenIsawhimonthephone,hewascrying．I’dneverseenmydadcrybefore．Myheartsank．Whatpossiblycouldhavehappened?

"Max,I’msosorry,"Iheardhimsay．That’swhenithitme．IknewthatSuziehaddied．Maxhasbeenmydad’sbestfriendforyears．Suzie,hisdaughter,hadararediseasethatmainlyaffectedherbody．HerbrainwasOK．Sheknewwhatwasgoingon;sheknewthatshehadproblemsandwasdifferentfromotherkids．Onceshetoldherdadthatshewishedshecoulddieandbeborninadifferentbody．Yetalthoughshecouldn’tliveanormallife，shewasstillhappy．

WhenSuzieandIwerelittle,wespentquiteabitoftimetogether．Aswegrewup,wegrewapart．ShelivedinNewYork,andIlivedintheMidwest．WhenSuziewastenshehadtoliveinahospitalinVirginia．Abouteightmonthsbeforeshedied,Maxgaveushernumberatthehospitalandwetalkedatleasttwiceaweekuntiltheend．Suziewasalwayssoexcitedtotalktousandwantedtoknoweverydetailaboutmylife．ShewantedtoknoweverythingIdidandeverythingIate．Inaway,shelivedthroughme．

Afterwefoundoutaboutherdeath,wemadeourplanstogotoNewYorkforthefuneral．Whenshewasalive,IsentheraBeanieBabyandshesentonebacktome．Ihadboughtheranotheronebutneverhadthechancetosendittoher,soItookittoputinhercasket（棺材）．

HerfuneralwasverydifferentfromanyfuneralI’deverbeento．Aftertheyloweredhercasket,eachoneofusputashovelfulofdirtoverher．Iremembercryingsohard,Ifeltweak．Mycheeksburnedfromthetears．MywholebodywasshakingasIpickeduptheshovel,butI’mgladIdidit．

WhenSuzieandIfirststartedcallingoneanother,Ithoughtitwouldbemoreofaburdenonme,butIwascompletelywrong．Ilearnedsomuchfromher．ShegavememorethanIcouldevergivetoher．Iwillneverforgetherorthetalkswehad．InowknowthatImustnevertakeanythingforgrantedespeciallymyhealthandthegiftoflife．

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