more thoughts -

I continue to pamper care around the pain that Jan's parents feel around the marriage.  I do understand their anguish and concern.  I was worried, also, about losing a son, but I have gained a daughter, and what I feel is how I felt when I dropped him off at college all those years ago.  I felt I was leaving him in a playpen.  All was well.   I feel that now, too.  His playpen continues to expand, and I continue to feel better and better each day.   May they come to see the son they have gained, and the beauty of love, life, and the world at play.