Dispatches To My Children
If I die today, what will my young children have to know how much I loved them? A young father's death moved me to write them these letters.
Words have a longevity I do not.
—Paul Kalanithi, When Breathe Becomes Air
Note: This story was updated to its book version in October 2023.
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