Do we really need to spend most of our precious lifetime away from each other. I enter the dark quiet house that we call home. The silence is deafenin....I miss my wife, greeting me with a kiss, hearing her say, "I've missed you so much, I'm glad you're home." I climb the stairs to our bedroom and sit on our bed, listening to you breathe. It's the most wonderful sound in the world.I undress and shower. Climbing under the covers, I move over close to you and find you lying on you side, your back. She was neither shocked nor disapproving, but she said, “You don’t really need a husband or a family to enjoy your life, Shannon. But you should have a ‘significant other’ - someone to comfort and support you when you are down or need affection.”I pondered this advice for a while, decided it was wise, and obtained a significant other (SO) suitable to comfort and support me whether I was at home or traveling. In fact, my SO was right there in my room with me, fully charged and ready to go to. I felt my eyelids slowly closing,and relief began to wash over me.I forced myself to open my eyes. I couldn't sleep. Had to find Sari. Ithrew her into the water while she was barely conscious, if she died,it'd be on me. I got back to my feet and continued on my path towardthe opposite end of the beach. The place had to end somewhere.I continued to walk, and walk, and walk. For hours, I walked, and stillI found nothing. No sign of anyone or anything, not even a shacksomewhere. The only things on. When the spray hit his body, he screamed and pretended to melt like the wicked witch of Oz fame.She attacked him with a bar of soap and a washcloth, shouting, “I, Alice, am triumphant again. The horny beast is stopped with water!”Malcolm burst out laughing and hugged her to him. He didn’t know how she did it, but she always managed to bring out the playful side of him. It was commonly thought that he was overly serious, but that wasn’t the case. He liked to play. It was just that it took a.