Steve Jobs' sister, Mona Simpson, writes touching tribute about her brother

The passing of Steve Jobs ushered in a wave of stories, anecdotes, and tributes about the man who helped change the way the world uses technology. Many of these stories typically relate to Jobs as a businessman or his talent as a visionary.

And though Jobs was admittedly obsessed with his work, there was a side to Jobs that existed outside the walls of 1 Infinite Loop.

Today in the New York Times, Jobs' biological sister - Mona Simpson - has a touching tribute about her brother Steve Jobs. An extremely talented author, Simpson's piece is engaging, brilliantly written, and helps paint a more complete portrait of Steve Jobs the family man. From the personality traits of his children to Jobs' realization that his time was near, Simpson's piece is in my opinion one of the best pieces about Steve Jobs written since his untimely passing.

In this short excerpt below, Simpson describes how even in his final hours, Jobs had a passion for beauty in all its forms.

But with that will, that work ethic, that strength, there was also sweet Steve’s capacity for wonderment, the artist’s belief in the ideal, the still more beautiful later.

Steve’s final words, hours earlier, were monosyllables, repeated three times.

Before embarking, he’d looked at his sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life’s partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them.

Steve’s final words were:

OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW.

The entire article is captivating, and again, worth reading in its entirety.