This is the ''price'' we pay for love, isn't it? Wasn't it Gibran who said something about ''Remember..when happiness is at your table, misery is under your bed?" A clumsy phrase but so, so true! It's hard to say ''thanks'' for this painful image....but.....thanks.

That is a terribly sad image and so eloquently described. We have no choice but to cling on to this little blue dot for as long as we can and live for the bursts of joy.

Outliving one's child is its own special hell. Watching your children suffer is, too.

No, life does not come with guarantees or even helpful hedges in our favor.

I think the saddest and most disturbing thing I have ever seen was when our country (US) elected our current president.