On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 10:47:52 -0800, serene >
wrote:

> I feel impelled to pipe in and say that I do believe that people who
> died are dead and gone, not in heaven, not where I'm going to see them
> later, and that doesn't detract from my love for them, or make me
> sadder. If anything, it makes me all the more determined to have a
> good life, because it's the only life I get.
>
> (Please understand that I'm not denigrating those of you who believe
> you will see your loved ones in some later life -- just sharing that
> that's not the way it is for me.)

All I can say is, you're in for a big surprise! *smile*

Carol