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They are reborn each day.

As we've discussed before, the story of Johnny Gunther, as told in the book, Death Be Not

Proud by his father, is a beautiful but bittersweet one. This brilliant boy who brought

cheer and happiness to everyone he met and interacted with, including Albert Einstein,

who he corresponded with, was a year away from starting Harvard, and then he was diagnosed

with a brain tumor.

For 15 months, he fought rallying, shocking doctors into believing he might survive.

He studied, he read, he spent time with his parents and friends.

He wrote. He was a kid.

His mother, Francis, would reflect on this beautifully painful period with more than just sadness.

He wasn't just dying, of course, she said.

He was living and dying and being reborn all at the same time each day.

How we loved each day.

It's been another wonderful day, mother, he'd say, as I knelt to kiss him good night.

The truth is, every child is living and dying and being

reborn all at once each day. The truth is every child is living and dying and being reborn all at

once each day. Indeed, this is what is so beautiful about children. They are changing and growing

constantly, discovering new things, discovering new parts of

themselves. Yet we know, even if life is good to them, that this period is so brief,

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