Martha Beck

And I lay there in that bed, just sobbing with joy, not knowing what had happened, but saying, whatever that was, it's in charge of the universe.

And I will no longer do anything that doesn't feel like the warmth of that light.

And that's what I was telling you guys to do with your love, the warmth of that light.

And my son, Adam, who has Down syndrome, when he was 19, his friend became an orphan, his best friend.

And his father died and then his mother died, both from cancer.

And we were coming home from the funeral and

And Adam said, I didn't cry.

And I said, yeah, but it's really sad, and it's okay for strong men to cry at sad times.

And he said, it's not as bad after the light comes and opens your heart.

And I was like, say what?

A light came to you and opened your heart?

And he said, mm-hmm, in my bedroom.

And I was like, when did this happen?

And he said, May 10th.

And I was like...

this was in like February.

I was like this last year.

He said, nope.

It was like five years earlier.

And I said, well, what happened?