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I remember burying a girl fourteen years of age who had died with a ruptured appendix... I buried a good many people that I knew, some of whom I loved.

My reward in life for growing up a little bit was that Mary Steenburgen came into my life, and we have been together for 19 years.

We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.

She was a great lady. We raised three boys, were together as long as she lived, and now she's passed on.

The Westwood Cemetery is just a few blocks from my home, and a number of my very dear friends are buried there.

I am grateful my own eternal companion served a mission in Hawaii before we were married in the Salt Lake Temple, and I am pleased that I have had three granddaughters serve full-time missions.

I had a friend, Melissa, who was 28 years old. She was my best friend's wife, and she was my wife's best friend. She died of breast cancer. When she passed away back in 2004 was the last time I cried.

When I had to bury my child, I probably didn't start grieving until a year and a half later.

I met Jason on a charity walk in 2001, and we got married on a friend's boat in Panama two years later. It was the perfect wedding for two people who'd already been married and who weren't teenagers.

My father passed away in 2002, but yes, we were pretty close. I loved him a lot.