"During these discussions, I told him I would die to see him live - now this sounds a little dramatic writing here and now - but it's still holds true"

I have heard my own parents, and hundreds of other parents as well, say the same. I would do the same for my younger siblings, my parents, and some of my freinds, so I know what they mean. It isn't overdramatic if its a statement of fact.

The Keeper