James Sexton

Like that's not how you remember, memory is kind.

Like that was a moment, it was hard to watch, it was hard to be there for, but she died the way people die.

Like people with cancer die that way, you know?

And that's like, that's natural.

And you would know it if you had the opportunity to be around it.

And I had a tremendous comfort in knowing like, oh yeah, this is how it goes.

Like I know what an agonal breath sounds like.

But when you're a vigil volunteer, like I would just go and just sit in a room, usually the overnight shift.

And I would sit there for five, six hours.

And I would read Winnie the Pooh out loud to like a person who's probably unconscious and can't hear me, but it was just something to read.

It was something like, I didn't want to read something religious because I don't know what this person's religious feelings.

I would read like some nice story, something warm, something.

And like Winnie the Pooh felt like that to me.

And I just, you know, being around that so much, I don't know if it really changed the way that I view things, but I just never, I don't know, I wanted to be of service.

I continue to want to be of service.

I have a skillset.

I figured it out in high school when I joined the debate team that I'm good at debate.

And I thought, how can I use what I do to be of service?

It was never, I'm very glad I've been blessed financially and I do really well.

But I just love the game.