While Peyton's busy studying, Doug and Cheryl are back in Texas raising their young sons, Brian and David. Doug says Erin is still with him. "I feel her at different times in different things, and she's just in my heart, and she'll always be there," he says. "Is there still a hole? Absolutely there's a hole. There will always be a hole. But I just think she was peaceful and confident to the very end."

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