I like to tell young people - you know one in four children die by their own hands - no matter how bad things seem, just wait a day, wait a week. Life will turn around.

But they can't know how the dark space inside me is growing. I lie to them. I can't get out of the dark hole. 'Peace is here' it whispers.

Nobody gets to pick their time to die, but living every day to the max is something we all get to do.

I can be around kids if I need to be.

By using novels, I show ordinary kids confronting and overcoming great odds.

Please don't miss me too much. Please don't be too sad. Find someone else to love, because you have much love to give and it's a gift that shouldn't be wasted. You , Jesse, were the rose that made my life sweet.I will wait for you in heaven.

From every ending comes a new beginning.