Gorgeous, so heartfelt. Well-done, Bob, though I'm sad to hear everything you've both gone through lately - what a wringer. Man.

I believe in the afterlife, that we're still the same people when we leave here as we were here, just in a different place. Dunno if that's comforting, but it is to me. When I'm missing my loved ones, I like to think of them as still hanging around me... just, where I can't see them.

What's good is to know how special these people were, and what good parents you each had. Wonderful blessings. One hymn goes, "Each life that touches ours for good | Reflects Thine own great bounty, Lord." I love those words.

Hold on tight... It's rough, no matter what. Glad you're able to write about it. Writing is such good therapy.

Linda