TODAY WAS MY REGULAR WEEKLY VA MEETING AND IT GOT ME THINKING ABOUT THIS ONE NEIGHBOR THAT DIED RECENTLY. HIS WIFE DIED BEFORE HIM AND HAD HIM TAKE HER ASHES OUT TO SEA BEYOND INTO THE INTERNATIONAL WATERS. AND I REMEMBER THAT MY FIRST RESPONSE TO THAT WAS THIS: "EVEN AFTER HE'S STILL DOING WHAT SHE TELLS HIM. WHAT A FREAKING IDIOT." THAT GOT EVERYONE LAUGHING HARD. I JUST REMEMBER BEING SERIOUS AF WHEN I SAID IT. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IS IMPORTANT.