I got a phone call yesterday from an elderly gentleman in our church. He was just calling to let me know that his wife had passed away and he found her that morning on the sofa. He wanted to let me know so I would know why he wasn't at church today. I told him certainly I understood. He replied, "Oh you understand. Well, okey dokey then." Who in the world calls to tell you his wife of 70 some years has passed away and ends with "okey dokey then"? He is definitely a Southerner. We will be going this afternoon to visit him. He is a sweet man, his beliefs astonishing for a man in his 90s. I can't imagine losing my lifelong best friend when my life has been that long. How very lonely he will be.