emma claire, when she was a baby, had colic. cried for hours and hours and i could just rock her and sing to her for hours and hours, even though she screamed back at me the whole time because i thought if this were wade and i got to hold him but he was crying, i thought would it be okay with me? you bet. even if she's crying, it's a gift, this moment that i have. and so you can learn things from each thing that's bad, there's always something to be learned from it. >> larry: less than a minute. what do you say to other cancer patients? >> that as long as you're walking around, as long as you're not dead nail, you're alive. >> larry: look in the mirror. >> that's right. you're alive. don't spend your time worrying about when it is you're going to die. spend your time worrying about how it is you're going to live today. >> larry: elizabeth, it is a pleasure knowing u. >> back to you, larry. >> larry: hang around, okay? >> okay, you, too. >> larry: reflections on t

emma claire when she was a baby had colic and cried for hours and hours. her and sing to her for hours and hours. even though she screamed back at me the whole time. i thought if this were wade and i got to hold him but he was crying, i thought would that be okay with me? you bet. even if she's crying, it's a gift this moment that i have. and it's -- you can learn things from each thing that's bad, there's always something to be learned from it. >> larry: we have less than a minute. what do you say to other cancer patients? >> that as long as you are walking around, as long as you aren't dead now, then you're alive. >> larry: look in a mirror. >> that's right. >> larry: you're alive. >>ou're alive. and don't spend your time worrying about when it is you're going to die.

>> you know, emma claire is at softball practice, she has practice with her dad.ou know, they are proud of their dad. jack called on his way up to sports camp. his father drove him to sports camp. and said, we stopped at an applebees and everybody wanted to have their picture taken with dad. you can see he acted like he was embarrassed but he was also proud too. particularly -- he was driving through western virginia, not west virginia, but western virginia, where there's a lot of poverty. those people say, okay, he messed up, but this guy was -- he was caring about us. you know. and so i think they give him a little more leeway than -- >> larry: do the kids -- have the kids met their stepsister? >> no, no. they have not. they'll come a time when they have. but quinn -- i think will be coming up on 2 1/2. i think that when she starts creating more memories and when john has a better -- a more long-standing relationship with her and she can come visit him, i think that will happen. >> larry: you write in your afterword, quote, right now, i want to live for eight mo