The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride

by Joe Siple

“How?” “I just realized life’s not worth a pile of beans if you don’t live it. So I started living it.”

back in time? Our odds would be about the same. But here’s the thing about loving someone—it makes you forget what “impossible” means.

me a meaningful look. “To forget to take your pill? You’ll have plenty of time to be dead, Murray. But this is the only time you have to live. Don’t throw that gift away.”

my old brain has a hard time figuring them out. “We’re never as lost as it seems, Murray,” Father says. “There’s always a path to take. But we have to want to take it.”