A very touching story, His last lecture

It's funny that this should come up as a featured blog post right now, because I recently just finished reading The Last Lecture, and watching the video version on Youtube, too. I really do feel for his situation, and I think he's a truly admirable guy, one of the few I've ever seen actually. Instead of pitying himself he confronts the problem and tackles it head on. That's something so few people can do -- it's easy to wallow in self pity, and far, far harder to stand up and do something about your problem, or look it in the eye and tell yourself that you won't be a slave to it. As I said -- very admirable guy.

Definitely. What surprised me was a follow-up story I read a couple months ago in which I read that a few bloggers claim that he's "faking" the illness. That seems like complete crap in my view. Based on what I've seen of his character, he's not the type to do that. Also, what would be the gain? He doesn't want pity. He doesn't want money. He doesn't want fame. He just wants to spend time with his family. I'm sure that money from the sale of his book is intended for his children, just as he intended that book to be as well. That way, he'll be able to care for his children well after he's gone.