Tena...I join with all the others in expressing my heartfelt sympathy to you. I only hope that you are comforted by Carolyn's quotation from "The Art of Condolence". In reading this "quote", it absolutely described for me the feelings I have long experienced but never was quite able to express. The message seems to be so in "sync" with, "'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." May the pain that you are experiencing now be at least somewhat lessened in light of the pain you would have experienced had you not had the opportunity to have loved one so deeply.

Peace, blessings and comfort to you...
Therese