Thanks again everyone...after writing all of that and sharing so much with you all I was hit with a wave of emotions that I hadn't felt since the initial aftermath of her passing. I guess I still haven't fully accepted the fact she's gone, and still find myself emoting at times over such a great loss.

Maybe it's just the man in me, but I think we can all agree it's sadder to lose a woman - especially a young woman at that age. There's an old Indian legend that says when the Sun and the Moon were born their mother subsequently died; and thus, the Sun then gave her body to the Earth, and from her all life was to grow. And from her heart the Sun took the Stars and placed them in the night sky so that he would forever be reminded of her love...or something like that.