But that note is just pregnant with meaning, and it is indeed the roadmap for the rest of my life. And Tommy left us a huge number of beautiful essays and poems and plays and speeches. And every day, I find new things in that note. RASKIN: It's the last thing we see when we go to bed. And it's the first thing that Sarah and I read every morning when we wake up. Look after each other, the animals and the global poor for me. RASKIN: Tommy said to us, please forgive me. He wrote it in his final hours, which you say gave you the roadmap for the rest of your life. KELLY: Tommy left you a note, left it behind. JAMIE RASKIN: Thank you for that, Mary Louise, and thank you for having me on your show. And then when that effort was behind him, he sat down and wrote about it all in a new book titled "Unthinkable," which includes the line, quote, "if a person can grow through unthinkable trauma and loss, perhaps a nation may too." Congressman Raskin, welcome, and may I say, I am sorry for your loss. Well, instead if retreating into his grief, he decided to channel it, to lead the impeachment effort against President Trump for inciting the violence. Capitol as it was attacked and ransacked by a mob of Trump supporters. The very next day, January 6, Jamie Raskin was at the U.S. And to understand how those two facts thread together, you need to know this - that one year ago today, Raskin buried his only son, Tommy Raskin, who had just died by suicide. Raskin is a Democratic congressman from Maryland. It is hard to wrap your head around just how difficult a year Jamie Raskin has just lived through.
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