So I've been back since friday, but just didn't feel like blogging. Thanks to everyone who left comments or sent email. It's meant more than you'll know. I've been shocked by how hard my mother in law's passing has hit me. It's not like we were close. The most tangible thing I will miss are the nuts and bolts snaks she made and sent us. They had that genuine smokey bar taste that you just can't replicate without soaking them in nicoteen. It was the one food that was enhanced by Kim's parent's chain smoking.

I think it's hit me hard, because I know how hard this has been on Kim and she's feeling the pain of her Dad's. There's more than enough pain to go around, and I've just been feeling the overflow.

- Peace