Josie, this is masterful, comic, sad, and reflective, and so well thought out. This wasn't put down in a single draft, that's for sure.

Sorry is a word repeated many times in the spirit of charity. That's not something I have a lot of, if any. I did say sorry to my wife, holding a six-inch nail for me to hammer home, after she twitched, and I blackened her hand. Come to think of it, she actually insisted on me saying the damn word!