And any of you who know Alison or David personally, please don't make the mistake of avoiding the subject. To Alison, Byron's name is "music to her ears/tears to her eyes," and that's a good thing. David's loss is so new that he will be in shock for a while -- but please, please, don't forget to talk about his wife to him when he can function. There's nothing worse than acting as though the person had never existed.

I'm so sorry for both Alison and David -- sometimes life is just too hard.