Beuatiful Rog....and you're right on all counts. I look forward more than ever to meeting you in DC.

And I know it's certainly not true for everyone, but in my case, both I and my kids are fortunate that Karen and I met later in life. I'm not sure how fate handles these things, but I knew that for whatever reason, Karen was the woman I'd never met, but was waiting for all those years. James Dickey described it best about his lead character in "Deliverance" when he said that "within her he saw a certain spark; a flame, small but steady. And when he found it he married it." That's what I saw in Karen.......and what my life was missing. I too married it immediately and all the best of my life, our marriage and our family, was kindled by that flame.

Spaw