| While having a deep conversation on many different 
issues, with my friend, Dr. Jeannie Waldron, on life and death, she came 
out with a most profound statement, and from a pragmatist, it was even more 
profound.  "When you loose your parents you have lost your past, but even 
worse, when you loose your kids, you lost your future, and when you loose 
your spouse you have lost your 
present."                                                            
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