Geeks, and I am guilty of that myself, often miss the greater point and discuss endlessly increasingly narrow aspects of much larger issues. It's within our nature to do it.

But that doesn't mean we can't understand this drive to discuss the details, fight our little demons, and raise our heads to look at the forest instead of the trees.

This girl, in her short life, accomplished more than many of us ever will. Her loss at this age is tragic, but even more tragic is the loss of what she would have become. We need more people like her.