The life I once knew was gone. After 26 years of marriage it wasn't my desire to join the middle-aged divorced women's club so many of my friends and thousands of other women are reluctantly members of. The choice was made for me. That was six years and a lifetime ago. But today I am very happily remarried; and with God as my Captain, I'm living a life that I never thought would ever be a reality.

I'm sorry to hear that. Life is short, shorter than I've always thought. It's hard when someone passed away, something stays inside your heart for awhile until you let it go, but I know it's hard. Everyone has some sorts of emotional distress, i.e., it's an attachment in which you and someone response such the same reaction. Even though they are not your family members, but someone you know had passed away trigger you to show your emotion just as same as their family members.