Alex Warren

That's what I remember.

Every day he woke up and I have three other siblings.

And so he would take me and my brother skateboarding and we would go to the skate park and get donuts early in the morning or we'd go to church or I know with my sisters or even all of us, like he'd wake up early and take us to like Legoland, you know?

And like he would just find...

Every day was a different day.

Every day was a different thing.

You know, there was no routine besides the fact that every morning we woke up and we had no idea what we were doing.

And it was kind of like a bucket list in some ways.

Like he wanted to surf and learn it.

So we went surfing and like...

Yeah.

So like every day, I think he just wanted to, his goal in life was always to be a father and to have kids.

And I think he just sped run it as fast as he could knowing he was dying.

And I can't imagine that as hiding that from your children and trying to leave a future for them as you leave.

Yeah.

Someone I strive to be every day.

I always knew my life was different.

I didn't understand it.

I watched my little sister go to a daddy-daughter dance without her dad.

And I remember seeing her crying, and I started to think what was different about my life.