I was reading and writing comments in your journals... and I wrote this for a friend... and its really true... and I wanted to share it... <> I read something on someone's journal... and right now I can't think who's.... but anyway... it was something George Carlin said... Life is not the number of breaths we take but the number of times life takes our breath away...  Something like that... and I have to admit... I don't care near as much about how many breaths I take in my life as I do those special moments when we're left breathless with joy... and as for those moments that pain and grief steal our breath... I am grateful that I love so deeply... Yes it hurts... but it is the glory of our lives...  Hugs Elissa The pain is not the glory... the joy of loving... absolutely... totally... completely... That is the glory... No matter what I wouldn't have loved any less...  Cara I write this for you... I want you to know this...  I've told you and I'll tell you as long as I breathe... I'll love you for always... and then baby girl... I'm coming to heaven to be with you... and I'll tell you again... because I will love you for always... on earth and in heaven Mama