we ll be there for him. the postcards will come back. so tell jeff about the visit. reporter: so for now that live in the moment. april 15, 2010. happy birthday reporter: eden and tibi s birthday. the council meets to celebrate life in the very special community bruce has built for his girls. dear tibi, you never know when our last word may come. so i beg of you, you watch the love every day. with family, with friends, with your council of dads. and whatever adventures you take, i ll be whispering in your ear, gently nudging you on your arm. take trips, girls.
replace the diseased thigh bone, bruce suffered through rounds of chemo to shrink the tumor. pneumonia, ear infections,pneumr infection, dozens of pounds lost, three hospitalizations. i. could just feel my body sort of slipping away. reporter: even as bruce was fighting for his life, the council of dads rallied around the family. some, daily phone calls. others, weekly visits. jeff had a different tactic. one postcard a day, every single day, for a year. i sent him postcards. to see them all like this, what s that like. i have to say, it s impressive to walk in here and see these postcards on the desk. i wanted bruce to know that i was with him. reporter: bruce needed those postcards. the hardest part was about to come. there are few days in your life you can work on tomorrow is one of them for me.