Thank you all, somehow, this was just what I needed to make me feel better.(serendipity in action again). Both of my own parents are gone, and am in process of losing an "adopted father". It helps to realize that I can still talk to all of them, somehow..........I just hope that there really is Peace in the Valley for all of us. Whichever valley that is. Or maybe all of them. Guess that makes me a Lumper, eh?