On that terrible night, after learning that Joel had perhaps four months to live, I cuddled up with my two older sons in bed -- they were five and three at the time -- and I never really knew how much they understood, so I started telling them a bedtime story.
Nessa noite terrível, depois de descobrir que o Joel tinha talvez quatro meses de vida, aninhei-me com os meus filhos mais velhos na cama — eles tinham 5 e 3 anos, na altura — e eu nunca entendi bem o quanto eles percebiam, então comecei a contar-lhes uma história.