Matt was fearless.
He always rose to the challenge of a dare. He jumped from the full
height of his tree fort to the ground. He broke his wrist, but didn't
mention this to anyone for several days. Before the deck at his
home was completed, he rode his bike off the edge . . . deliberately
. . . for fun. His brothers would pull him on roller blades over
jumps behind their bikes. He needed to be moving, never still. He
always went the fastest, the highest, and the farthest.