[Hoodat]

On Friday night in St. Petersburg, Romney talked about David for the first time himself.

“It was clear he was not going to make it,” Romney said. “I went into his room one night when he was in bed, and he asked me a very difficult question. He said, ‘Mitt, what’s next?’ He called me ‘Brother Romney.’ ‘What’s next?’ And I talked to him about what I believe is next.”

A few days later, when David was in the hospital, he called Romney.

“I was at work and he said, ‘Can you come by?’ And he said, ‘You went to law school, right?’ " Romney told him yes. “He said, ‘Could you come by and write my will for me?’ ”

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This brings tears to my eyes.

[jocon307]

“This brings tears to my eyes.”

It is a moving story. I think we all remember being 14 and how hard it is at that age to be taken seriously by adults. I’m sure if you’re really sick (dying even) it is even worse, I’m sure people are babying you all the time and it must drive you nuts (on top of everything else).

I still remember very fondly one man who was a friend of my parents. I was the oldest kid and all the others were boys, so I was always kind of a fifth wheel when our families got together. Mr. L. was the only adult who would pay any attention to me at those times and I really appreciated it.