That you'd reach out to us at this time in your course is an honor to us, and speaks volumes of you as a man -
- paraphrasing Kipling -
"If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And—which is more—you are a Man, my son!"
May the Lord grant you peace, and comfort your family.