wasn't anything really to prepare me for what had come. and, frankly, part of why i made this film was to give people that sort of opportunity, you know, to give a voice to people that are going through these sorts of things. my dad was given six months to live. he lived for ten years and at the end of his life was ready to go. he had done what he needed to do, he wanted to say good-bye, and he felt that if he could end it on his terms at that point, he could have everything that he had wanted to have and he could kind of go out on top, if you will, and reclaim the things that his illness had taken from him. >> it's a story that a lot of families go through. my mother before i was around watched her father die for a decade and that really had an impact on her. a lot of people know the situation. but how does a family stay up through that whole sort of thing? >> sure. well, i think for us and hopefully what comes through in the film is that there is an opportunity with how you deal