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It's like walking around in your underwear. I know wherever they are right now, they're suffering. It's not the announcement that's the hard thing, it's living in the public eye and knowing there are going to be times when you would just as soon keep it to yourself or keep it amongst your friends.
It seems you've had a lot of personal upheaval the last few years. Your brother Robert died of pancreatic cancer [at age 42] in 2001. . . .
He had a troubled life. He finally got sober two years before he died. They say that no parent is supposed to bury their own child, but he really managed to help my mom and dad get through it and kind of brought my siblings back together.
Your stepmother also.
I had a wonderful stepmom who died two years ago from cancer around the holidays. She was a real fine woman with a great sense of humor. My kids loved her. She and my dad really looked after each other.
