In other news, Victoria’s parents were in a car accident on April 28 and it’s looking like it might be fatal. :-( Her dad has requested to be taken off life support. She’s down there now, with all her siblings, doing what needs to be done. So sad. It’s made me think a lot about life . . . and death . . . and family . . . and the gospel . . . and temple covenants, the latter two of which tie the former three together and make this whole crazy mess make sense. I was thinking about how I’m in this phase with a relatively new relationship with Gerardo and she’s saying goodbye to her father, and how it’s all just part of the circle of life, the cycle of families (theoretically), and how family is what it’s all about--the great equalizer of humanity, in some sense. I was having some very profound thoughts about it on my way to work this morning, which was when I found out the news about her dad. I guess because I was thinking about the joys of new relationships and new babies, and how the community often comes together to celebrate these things, and how the community also comes together to mourn the passing of a loved one. But what a difference it makes to know that families are forever! Which is why we get all worked up in one way or another over births and deaths--because that’s what really matters--the milestones of our lives as families--the passing of each generation into the next phase of life. Such beautiful eternal truths!