Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge. - Mitch Albom

You have one family. For good or bad. You have one family. You can't trade them in. You can't lie to them. Sticking to your family is what makes it a family.

You had many more years,” he said.
“I didn’t want them.”
“But they wanted you. Time is not something you give back. The very next moment may be an answer to
your prayer. To deny that is to deny the most important part of the future.”
“What’s that?”
“Hope.

There is a time for hello and a time for good-bye. It's why the act of burying things seems natural, but the act of digging them up does not.