hey zen, so sorry i wasn't there for you when this happened i've never looked at it that way before, but it is only a piece of paper however, i will not take for granted that it was painful to receive i so feel your pain but keep on moving forward and let him see what he is missing that's the only way to go enjoy each day, buy those shoes and go out and show them off! lets see how happy they are without us, and i tend to think it might show us that we are happy without them THAT seems to be when they return, when we are truly happy and come to the realization that we had a life before them and will have one after xo