With sympathy from both of us to your whole family at this difficult time. Allison, I know that you gave a touching eulogy for Bill. It is not easy. I would like to share a poem I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. S(he) is the object of strength and beauty, and I stand and watch her (him) until s(he) is a ribbon of where the sea and the sky seem to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says"There, s(he) is gone! Gone? Gone where? Gone from my sight, that is all. S(he) is just as complete in mast and hull and spar as s(he) was when s(he) left my side. and just as able to bear precious freight to the place of destination. His diminished appearance is in me-not in him.And at this very moment when someone at my side says,"there he is gone!" Other voices shout with gladness " Here he comes!" And that is death. Maureen and Ed Cooling