Katie, please don't take offense, you're a good person,it's just me, Ray the rabble rouser on the List, saying I'd like to find the person who started that idea that God gives you no more than you can handle and give him more than he could handle. In my view, the bar keeps being raised and I don't really care anymore if this is some kind of test. We each have our own way of playing the cards we are dealt. One of my favorite former students, age 37, was brutally murdered on Dec 1, my birthday. This I can't bear.....I'm in sync with his mother, who keened at his funeral, "mi vida", "mi hijo". I wish it could have been me instead. He was a precious angel. Ray ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn