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First name (if you want to tell): Alicia
Meaning of user name: I love the St. Louis Cardinals, and my graduation year is 2009.
Geographical location: Revere, Missouri
Age: 16
Marital Status: single
Children/Ages: none, thank god. lol
Occupation: I work at the vet's office/i am a student/i babysit sometimes.
Pets: 12 chickens, 3 dogs, 3 cats, 2 cockatiels (parrots)
Hobbies/Interests: reading, taking care of my animals, watching my favorite shows/movies, ghosts/paranormal/supernatural, watching cardinals baseball.
Height: 5'6''
Eye/Hair Color: blue/brown
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: My whole life?
Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 244/226/155
Problem: compulsive overeating, lack of motivation, etc.
Plan/Way of Eating: Calorie counting, exercise
Favorite exercise: Yoga, Bellydance, Walking (outside, i HATE the treadmill)
Favorite movies: Forrest Gump, Dirty Dancing, Gone With the Wind, Any war or baseball movie (I especially like Jarhead and Field of Dreams) The Notebook, Stand By Me, 40 Year Old Virgin, etc etc
Music: Country, some rock, classic rock.
Favorite People (dead and living): Miranda Lambert, Scarlett O'Hara (fictional character, lol) Scott Rolen, Albert Pujols, Mark Twain, Will Farrell, Reese Witherspoon.
People I can’t stand: TOM CRUISE, PARIS HILTON, George W. Bush, Oprah Winfrey, Nicole Kidman, Lindsay Lohan, any rapper you can name (Especially effing KANYE WEST!)
Places you’ve been: California, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota.
Places you want to visit: Ireland, a lot of the us (mostly the south), Egypt, Mexico and/or Costa Rica, many places.

Pivot’s questions (don’t think too long, answer as fast as you can)
01. What is your favorite word? I dont know about word, but phrase is 'pretty much' I use it every 5 seconds. lol
02. What is your least favorite word? moist
03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Um----Music! Definitely.
04. What turns you off? Idiots. Which is...80% of..everyone.
05. What is your favorite curse word? Kelly Clarkson. LMAO. Not really. Uh, prolly, all of them are part of my daily vocabulary.
06. What sound or noise do you love? My cats meowing or purring
07. What sound or noise do you hate? Any kind of obnoxious accent, and my cousin Heaton psuhing a big ole toy tractor across our kitchen floor. It makes the loudest grating noise in the entire world. Uggh.
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Im going to be a veterinarian
09. What profession would you not like to do? A teacher.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Eh? What are you doing here?
Any other tidbits you would like to share: I'll get back to ya

First name:Christine
Meaning of user name: a nice restaurant lol
Geographical location: Canada
Age: 53
Marital Status: Married 33 years
Children/Ages: none
Occupation: Domestic Goddess
Hobbies/Interests: cross stitching, reading, sewing, collecting angels, bears and christmas things.
Height: 5'7"
Eye/Hair Color: Still Dark Brown, thanks to hair dye
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: which one
Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 215/165/140
Problem: Binge/compulsive eating, junk food junkie/to not eating enough
Plan/Way of Eating: Going to try WW
Favorite exercise: Walking
Favorite movies: Cinderella
Favorite books: Mystery
Music: old rock and roll
Favorite Quote(s):
Favorite People (dead and living): My grandma
People I can’t stand: Snobs
Places you’ve been: A few places in the Us and have been across Canada
Places you want to visit: Holland


Pivot’s questions (don’t think too long, answer as fast as you can)

01. What is your favorite word? thank-you
02. What is your least favorite word? F- - - -
03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Rainbows and sunsets and the forest
04. What turns you off? rude people
05. What is your favorite curse word? sh- -t
06. What sound or noise do you love? music
07. What sound or noise do you hate? road noise
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Dancer
09. What profession would you not like to do? Plumber
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? " I will let you in."
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Alright, I've been browsing for awhile, now I'm going to play this game and you girls seem like a lot of fun to play with!

First name: Kailyn
Meaning of user name: Favourite pasttime
Geographical location: Canada
Age: 23
Marital Status: Single and loving it
Children/Ages: N/A
Occupation: Factory Monkey
Hobbies/Interests: Music, body modification
Height: 5'6"
Eye/Hair Color: Blue/Green/Brown eyes, rainbow hair
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: June something/06
Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 230/217/140
Problem: Compulsive and Forgetful
Plan/Way of Eating: Controlling and Remembering
Favorite exercise: Walking/Bicycle/Work
Favorite movies: All of them.
Favorite books: Most of them. Stephen King/Chuck Palaniuk win.
Music: All of them. System of a Down wins.
Favorite Quote(s): 'And when they say take of his body, I think I'll take from mine instead' --Tori Amos
"Life is too short so love the one you got cause you might get run over or you might get shot" -- Brad Nowell, Sublime
Favorite People (dead and living): Many.
People I can’t stand: Mean people.
Places you’ve been: Ontario and Long Beach, random places along the east coast.
Places you want to visit: Africa


Pivot’s questions (don’t think too long, answer as fast as you can)

01. What is your favorite word? Actually.
02. What is your least favorite word? IRREGARDLESS
03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Music and nature and grammar.
04. What turns you off? Apathy and bugs.
05. What is your favorite curse word? It's a phrase, it is inappropriate for any forum and it breaks all sorts of moral, ethical, and perhaps even legal codes.
06. What sound or noise do you love? Laughing
07. What sound or noise do you hate? Cotton rubbing cotton.
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Scientist.
09. What profession would you not like to do? Anything with propane.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "Good show."

First name (if you want to tell):Melanie
Meaning of user name: My mother never pronounces the "A" in my name. She says "Mel-Knee" instead of "Mel-A-knee
Geographical location: Redding, CA
Age: 38
Marital Status: Married
Children/Ages: son, Calvin - 5, daughter, Heather - 4 mos, and our forever baby son, Keith - 8/20 - 9/26/98
Occupation: SAHM
Pets: Dog - Cinco, I would love to have a house full of cats, but my dh is allergic
Hobbies/Interests: sewing, gardening, reading, playing the flute
Height: 5'8''
Eye/Hair Color: brown/brown
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: This time - July 17, 2006
Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 238/235/150
Problem: Binge eating/compulsive overeating
Plan/Way of Eating concentrating on whole foods, calorie counting, NO fast food
Favorite exercise Step aerobics, walking
Favorite movies: Never Cry Wolf, To Kill A Mockingbird, Pixar Movies, My Neighbor Totoro, Sense and Sensibility, Ever After, The Color Purple, The Pirate Movie, Titanic
Favorite books/plays: Outlander Series, Ender's Game, To Kill A Mockingbird, most books by Stephen King and Maeve Binchy
Music: Dan Fogelberg, Rush, Inxs, Tears For Fears, Queen, Josh Groban, anything from the 80's, Tina Turner
Favorite Quote(s): "Happiness is found by those who travel the path of the heart, rather than the path of convenience" - Dan Fogelberg
Favorite People (dead and living): My husband, my Aunt Bobbie, my kids, my best friend Brandi, Tina Turner, Joss Whedon, Bob Geldof, Ben Franklin
People I can’t stand: Ann Coulter
Places you’ve been: all over the western US, Michigan
Places you want to visit: Greece, Scotland, Ireland, everywhere
Pivot’s questions (don’t think too long, answer as fast as you can)
01. What is your favorite word? Lucious
02. What is your least favorite word? can't
03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? dialog
04. What turns you off? entitlement
05. What is your favorite curse word? crap
06. What sound or noise do you love? the wind in tall trees
07. What sound or noise do you hate? car alarms
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? organic farmer
09. What profession would you not like to do? anything 9 to 5
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? What took you so long?
Any other tidbits you would like to share: no

Melknee!!! Please join us in our active threads: our binge free challenge and Cyber Purgers.

Don't be shy now!!!

First name (if you want to tell): Amber
Meaning of user name: My first and middle name
Geographical location: USA
Age: 18
Marital Status: Totally single
Children/Ages: None
Occupation: artist/student
Pets: My sheltie Petie. Love him.
Hobbies/Interests: Music, movies, art, reading, writing, psychoanalysis....
Height: 5'2"
Eye/Hair Color: blue/green/grey?/Auburn
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: G'Lord...forever?
Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 175/175/125
Problem: Anorexic/Bulimic for 3 or so years...then just a binge eater for the past year.
Plan/Way of Eating: healthy eating, WORKIN' IT!
Favorite exercise Ha...walking?
Favorite movies: Hm...anything? Right now it's probably Benny and Joon.
Music: The Beatles, The Doors, Elvis Costello, Radiohead...
Favorite People (dead and living): Harpo Marx is my favorite person of all time. After him, John Lennon, my mom, Freud (much as I disagree with him) and Saint Augustine.
People I can’t stand: Anyone who's just so clearly fake, but denies it.
Places you’ve been: Just the US
Places you want to visit: Jeez...everywhere. NYC's first...I want to go to graduate school there...then London, France, Italy, Siberia, Africa...everywhere.
Pivot’s questions (don’t think too long, answer as fast as you can)
01. What is your favorite word? Amazing
02. What is your least favorite word? hate
03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Passion, people who are on fire, positivity.
04. What turns you off? martyr syndrome.
05. What is your favorite curse word? heh...f*ck. Know it shouldn't be...
06. What sound or noise do you love? Wind chimes.
07. What sound or noise do you hate? loud gasps, screeching tires.
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Missionary/greenpeace/anything like that.
09. What profession would you not like to do? Any profession that forces me to wipe grown peoples' butts...
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH! Naw...nothing. I want a hug right off the bat, no words until I get my hug.
Any other tidbits you would like to share: Hm...I'm really afraid of spiders...bugs in general. And my favorite color is purple...yep.

Amberkay!!!! I LOVE Harpo Marx too . . . kind of obvious, huh? I think I had the all the Marx brothers as my avatar at one time.

alright! Most people don't even know who he is...which is a shame. He's totally my role model.

First name (if you want to tell): Sherry
Meaning of user name: It's how I roll...just joking!
Geographical location: Dallas, TX
Age: 35
Marital Status: divorced and going thru new breakup...when will it end!!!
Children/Ages: 2 sons about to be 11 and 12
Occupation: Sales
Pets: ex-boyfriend?
Hobbies/Interests: Reading...I need a life-really!
Height: 5'1
Eye/Hair Color:Blonde, blue eyes
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: Feb.1 2006
Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 163/139/117
Problem: Compulsive eating, Binge eating
Plan/Way of Eating: Eating healthy and exercise
Favorite exercise weights and walking
Favorite movies: ANYTHING w/ Jake Gyllenhaal---yum!
Music:My fav'rt bands are: The Used, MCR, Taking Back Sunday, Third Eye Blind
Favorite People (dead and living): Jesus, Freud, Marilyn, Bill Clinton
People I can’t stand: George W., Kirstin Dunst, hmm....I'm sure theres more.
Places you’ve been: Cancun, Colorado, Hawaii, Florida, California
Places you want to visit: Italy
Pivot’s questions (don’t think too long, answer as fast as you can)
01. What is your favorite word? apology and ascension
02. What is your least favorite word? scrape---EEEWWW!
03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Psychology rock stars, funny guys with cute faces
04. What turns you off? close mindedness
05. What is your favorite curse word? f**k
06. What sound or noise do you love? RAIN!!!!!!
07. What sound or noise do you hate? Babies-crying, construction, yelling
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? I want to work in the psycholgy field.
09. What profession would you not like to do? retail
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Your in baby!
Any other tidbits you would like to share: Did I mention I'm going thru a break-up? lol

First name (if you want to tell): Betsy
Meaning of user name: it's such a long story, but it's been my sn for years now.
Geographical location: Central Illinois
Age: 23
Marital Status: Single
Children/Ages: 2 year old son
Occupation: Marketing
Pets: 2 dogs, 2 cats, and my son.
Hobbies/Interests:Baking, playing with my son, martial arts, going to shows/listening to music, watching tv and movies, animal rights, poetry, and of course hanging out with friends.
Height: 5'-6"
Eye/Hair Color: blue/brunette
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: I guess 3 days ago, but we're going to restart tomorrow
Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 156/156/125-130
Problem: I LOVE food. I'm trying to become a cake decorater (self taught) because I want to eventually open my own bakery. and the only way to get good enough is practice, practice, practice...then I end up eating part of it
Plan/Way of Eating: calorie counting sounds the best...but alot of the foods I eat I don't have nutrition information for.
Favorite exercise: PUSH
Favorite movies: 10 Things I hate about you, Napoleon Dynamite, Office Space, The butterfly effect, A Love Story, Gone with the Wind, I could go on forever
Favorite books/plays: Any poetry book, anything by Auden, Holst, Poe, Shakespear, and Lewis
Music: I listen to practically everything, but Cary Judd, Bastian, Sugarcult, The Rocket Summer, Elvis, Buddy Holly
Favorite Quote(s): "Eagles may soar, but weazels don't get sucked into jet engines."
Favorite People (dead and living): My family and friends are absolutely amazing. Buddy Holly, Heather McCartney, Tom Pelphrey
People I can’t stand: 70% of politicians, Paris Hilton, Jessica and Ashlee Simpson, Tyra Banks, Aretha Franklin
Places you’ve been: outside of the U.S? Mexico.
Places you want to visit: Australia and Italy
Pivot’s questions (don’t think too long, answer as fast as you can)
01. What is your favorite word? Jerk
02. What is your least favorite word? Kewl (when people spell it like that)
03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Nature
04. What turns you off? arrogance, ignorance, and disrespect for animals, people (especially children), and places.
05. What is your favorite curse word? D***IT! but I say Holy Shoot more than that.
06. What sound or noise do you love? Music
07. What sound or noise do you hate? My son crying
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Pastry Chef!
09. What profession would you not like to do? Trash Guy
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? not really sure...
Any other tidbits you would like to share:

First name (if you want to tell): Stephanie
Meaning of user name: Well its my name, creative huh?
Geographical location: Colorado
Age: 25
Marital Status: Married since Apr '06
Children/Ages: Nope justa yuppy with a puppy
Occupation: Photographer
Pets: Dog - Chipper, cocker spaniel. Fish 5 of them, they are named after the cast of Grays Anatomy.
Hobbies/Interests: Photography, Running, Tennis, Yoga, Obsessing over my weight
Height: 5'2''
Eye/Hair Color: Brown Hazel
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: Feb 23, 2006
Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 133/127.4/117
Problem: Binge Eating/Laziness
Plan/Way of Eating Calorie Counting, exercise like crazy
Favorite exercise Running, tennis, Pilates, Yoga anything!
Favorite movies: Breakfast at Tiffany's, Great Expectations (ethan hawke version) Bridget Jones Series, Empire Records...
Favorite books/plays: Phantom, Rent, love love love the Ballet...can read anything Biography...favorites? Sylvia Plath and Anaiis Nin.
Music: Bad pop and Gay Dance Hits, Jeff Buckly, Depeche Mode, John Mayer
Favorite Quote(s): "You have to be the change you want to see in this world." - Ghandi
Favorite People (dead and living): Uhm...hmmm...
People I can’t stand: Courtney Love, Paris Hilton, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson, Dr. Phil
Places you’ve been: Colorado, Nevada, New York, Bahamas, Florida no where else interesting...
Places you want to visit: Australia, Italy, France

Pivot’s questions (don’t think too long, answer as fast as you can)
01. What is your favorite word? Capricious
02. What is your least favorite word? tomorrow
03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Possibility
04. What turns you off? Bigotry
05. What is your favorite curse word? ****
06. What sound or noise do you love? The Rain
07. What sound or noise do you hate? Babies crying
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Dancer
09. What profession would you not like to do? Mortician
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? I forgive you for not being sure...

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Why are we one of the only groups that don't have a bio thread? I haven't felt like I "belong" to any of the other groups, so I never posted my profile. I

First name (if you want to tell): Lynn
Meaning of user name: I love purple pansy's!
Geographical location: NY
Age: 42
Marital Status: married
Children/Ages: 2 girls, 20 and 17
Occupation: Nurse
Pets: Cats: Dakota a siberian husky, samao a cat
Hobbies/Interests: Writing, reading, walking, movies, health, gardening
Height: 5'2''
Eye/Hair Color: blue/blonde
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: June, 2006
Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 205/192/128
Problem: Binge eating/compulsive overeating
Plan/Way of Eating Calorie counting, non-processed foods
Favorite exercise Walking,
Favorite movies: There are sooo many! somersby, ET, wedding date, snow dogs
Favorite books/plays:all of mary higgin clark, john saul, dean koontz
Music: ,I love all music... except rap
Favorite Quote(s):A Journey begins with a single step: If you always do the same thing and get the same result, it is time to change.
Favorite People (dead and living): my husband and my close friends, my children
People I can’t stand: I try to be exceptable of all people
Places you’ve been: Hawaii, Texas, New mexico, NY, conn, NJ, South carolina, St croux, St thomas, Puerto rico, Jamacia, grand cayman, canada, mexico
Places you want to visit: nope
Pivot’s questions (don’t think too long, answer as fast as you can)
01. What is your favorite word? love
02. What is your least favorite word? @#*% (starts with an f)
03. What turns you on creatively, kindness
04. What turns you off? meaness
05. What is your favorite curse word? hmmm can't type it LOL
06. What sound or noise do you love? my husband telling me he loves me
07. What sound or noise do you hate? alarm clock
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? midwife
09. What profession would you not like to do? dunno
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "depsite what you thought, you did it all right. "
Any other tidbits you would like to share: Nope

First name Cate

Meaning of user name: explanatory
Geographical location: Melbourne, Australia
Age: 31
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: welfare worker/advocate at a University
Pets: 2 lop bunnies, Flossie and Franz (house rabbits, not caged)
Hobbies/Interests: live music, reading crime fiction, collecting vintage fabric, spending time with friends, gardening
Height: 5'3"
Eye/Hair Color: mixed blondey browny reddish
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: 26/7
Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 88.30/84.60/70 kilos
Problem: Compulsive eating, emotional eating, bored eating, bulimia
Plan/Way of Eating: SURESLIM
Favorite exercise: Sex (bit hard when you're fat and single)
Favorite movies: Ice storm, breaking the waves, revenge of the nerds...
Favorite books: Crime fiction and chick lit and true crime.
Music: Cure, smiths, pulp, mogwai, sonic youth, stereolab...
People I can’t stand: hollywood celebrities-so SICK of hearing about Paris Hilton!
Places you’ve been: UK, Paris, Guernsey
Places you want to visit: Everywhere, I'm particularly keen to visit Canada and Eastern Europe and Mexico
( i deleted some of the questions I didnt have answers to. I'd love a diet buddy if anyone is interested)...

First name (if you want to tell): Meg
Meaning of user name: Kind of like unraveling a ball of yarn.
Geographical location: VA
Age: 16
Marital Status: Single
Children/Ages:
Occupation: Student and Teacher
Pets:
Hobbies/Interests: Guitar, writing, poetry, biking, singing, painting, sculpting, dancing
Height: 5'4.5"
Eye/Hair Color: Green/blonde
Starting Date of Weight Struggle: 2001
Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 140/132/120... but for me it's more of a mental state goal.
Problem: Binge-eating and compulsive overeating
Plan/Way of Eating: "Normal" eating? Making healthy decisions.
Favorite exercise: Softball, soccer, yoga, running
Favorite movies: Office Space, Pink Panther
Favorite books/plays: Twelfth Night, Pride and Prejudice, The Notebook, Anna Karenina, anything Jack London, The Winter of our Discontent
Music: Red Hot Chili Peppers, 311, Nickelback, Johnny Cash, Weezer, Rolling Stones, the Who, Postal Service, Carbon Leaf, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Panic! At the Disco, OK Go, India.Arie, Oasis, Goo Goo Dolls, Counting Crows, Nelly Furtado, Moby, Carlos Santana, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Coldplay, Beatles, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Lee Morgan, Sonny Rollins
Favorite Quote(s): "Step from the road to the sea to the sky..."; "Now is the winter of our discontent; Made glorious summer by this sun of York."; "In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place."
Favorite People (dead and living): Steve Martin, Georgia O'Keefe, Rudyard Kipling, William Shakespeare, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Jane Austen
People I can’t stand: Mel Gibson
Places you’ve been: Quebec; Cuernavaca, Mexico; Mexico City; London; Rome; Florence, Italy; Amsterdam; Paris; Geneva.
Places you want to visit: Greece, Sicily, Australia, Brazil
Pivot’s questions (don’t think too long, answer as fast as you can)
01. What is your favorite word? hello
02. What is your least favorite word? pity
03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? music
04. What turns you off? ignorance
05. What is your favorite curse word? damn
06. What sound or noise do you love? guitar
07. What sound or noise do you hate? vacuum
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? cia covert operative
09. What profession would you not like to do? mortician
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "whew! glad you made it."
Any other tidbits you would like to share: not at the moment...

First name (if you want to tell): Stacy
Meaning of user name: It's the screenname I've had since I was 11.
Geographical location: AL
Age: 24
Marital Status: Single
Children/Ages: 2 year old son
Occupation: secretary and a pharmacy technician
Hobbies/Interests: reading, couponing, going to thrift stores
Height: 5'5"
Eye/Hair Color: blue/brown
Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 190/190/130
Problem: Binge-eating and compulsive overeating
Plan/Way of Eating: eating normal-sized portions.
Favorite exercise: walking/jogging
Favorite movies: Steel Magnolias, High Art, Chasing Amy, Sordid Lives
Favorite books/plays: Under the Roofs of Paris, To Kill a Mockingbird, Songs in Ordinary Time, Bitter is the New Black... I'll read anything
Favorite Quote(s): "Saints have a past and sinners have a future."

Pivot’s questions (don’t think too long, answer as fast as you can)
01. What is your favorite word? beverage
02. What is your least favorite word? moist, olive, ointment
03. What turns you on? itelligence, humor
04. What turns you off? ignorance
05. What is your favorite curse word? ****
06. What sound or noise do you love? rain
07. What sound or noise do you hate? crying
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? pharmacist
09. What profession would you not like to do? mortician
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "Your family is right this way...."