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                                                           Life On The Other Side The following is a letter posted by a friend of ours...primarily Tracy’s from her single days living in Connecticut.  Jeff just lost his wife to a battle with cancer.  He offers challenges, perspective and honesty as he writes to his friends who stood by him and his wife during this traumatic time.  May you be blessed by his musings.  I was.  Posted on January 14th, 2014 by Jeff Miserocchi I guess the thing that seems most important to me to share is what I have taken out of this experience so far. First, MEN, (I'm sure women also live out some version of this too), but MEN, you get up in the morning and unless you are single or just a slug, your first thoughts and actions of the day are focused around "what can I do to make my honey's day start out great?" Whether it's putting a pot of water on for her tea, shoveling a path to her car, taking your coffee out to weed a

                                                                         I Get It Now I attended a church service where I would not normally attend.  I usually go to religious establishments where the values are similar to mine, so this was the exception.  I had heard that the music was good and the service would be better than usual.  So, why not?  Tracy and I arrived and immediately we were not disappointed.  The decor beautified the already aesthetically pleasing sanctuary.  In a way, I felt at home because the architecture was similar to the church in which I was raised.  The proceedings began with a baritone solo of professional quality and was followed by an excellent choir.  The pipe organ began to play and then the ‘hired’ trumpet player performed majestically.  Is it already obvious that I’m trying to describe a ‘no-holds-barred’ production?  At this point I want to note that I have nothing against professionalism.  I attended a conference years ago in Hawaii at a very