But, perhaps more importantly, Rick witnessed it all and got a firm grasp of just how much resilience and bravery his son was capable of exuding.
Those are the kinds of thoughts that help to get a saddened person through the day.
Of course, there were the letters he left for all of his loved ones that expressed his emotional approach to dying, and what he hoped for everyone else.
But it was with Judith that Carl really pulled out the big heartbreaking guns to relay a message of hope and strength to the young girl who may never remember that moment.