Life and Death

When you get down to basics, what do we leave on earth but our children and our good deeds? The rest is window-dressing.
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Needless to say, Fiorella has been mulling over the great mystery of death lately, and one of the questions she's come up with is that if we go to heaven after death, does that mean earth has been our hell?
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One thing for sure, death obliviates sorrow, pain, and suffering. Husband is part of the universe now, blended with eternity.
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Fiorella is edging into Hindu sannyasa, the stage of life when one gives away all one's belongings and embraces a life of prayer and contemplation, but she's still got a few saucy stories in her yet to write. Be on the look-out.
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Fio just realized that Husband's mother's birthday was on Sunday. What a nice early birthday present for Dolly to see her son again. It's a second chance for both of them.
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The kids say they're calling to make sure Fio herself is okay, but she thinks what they really need is to hear her say the world is going to be okay.