Just as I was sitting down to write, my thought focused in on something that I hadn't even considered before.  I reflected on Cicily's blog entry from yesterday and Shelli's, plus Sheila's experience with Kathy yesterday afternoon.  Without going into a lot of detail it struck me that bad things do happen to good people.  It has always been so, and will continue to be that way.  I have written before that in our present state, Sheila and I 'feel' pain for our family when they go through things like that.  I have wondered if it is worse for 'them' or for us.  Now, I know that it would be a hard sell to try to convince someone that we know just how they feel.  But it is a very real part of loving someone that you do suffer for them when they suffer.  And maybe the cumulative affect of more numbers makes it more.  If that is the case, then Heavenly Father and Mother really do go through a lot considering the choices and circumstances of their children.  For me, right now, it is kind of a balancing effect.  Things are going pretty well for us right now, but the 'real world' always finds its way into our heart.  I have considered how and if I could 'make if all go away' for you.  But I know that that is contrary to the plan.  I can't make it go away for me, either.  'It' is just that way that it is, and, of course, the way that it is meant to be.  There have been plenty of sermons on that.  The important ones though, are on the fact that we can, and will survive it all and move on to bigger and better things, together.  I KNOW that this is true.  And I want to be here, where I am, with you, and we, together, will just keep on.  Imagine the treasure!