What happens when you go almost overnight from being the most powerful person in the world to a private citizen? Few presidents have weathered the change as well as George Herbert Walker Bush. As chief of staff, Jean Becker had a ringside seat to Bush's life post-presidency, including being at his side when he died and subsequently being in charge of his state funeral. Here Becker tells the story of how, after his devastating loss to Bill Clinton in 1992, Bush rebuilt his life, befriended the man who defeated him, started jumping out of airplanes, and learned how to adjust to life in a wheelchair.