“Take it day by day. You can’t look at yesterday because you can’t change yesterday. Tomorrow hasn’t come yet. You can only focus on right now.”

NARCISCUS KEY, Suffolk, Virginia, died February 8, 2017 at 45 years old after battling stage 4 rectal cancer. His final wish was to have a child with his wife, Serena. He is photographed here with Serena, who gave birth to their son, Phoenix, on April 14, 2017.

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