Many tears will fall, many tributes will come. My husband and I will remember these two brave and unique women. Bless them, and bless their family.

I often want to cry. That is the only advantage women have over men - at least they can cry.

Two barrels of tears will not heal a bruise

I think I'll be happy, but I know I'll be sad. There will be tears, because she's the last one, but then everybody will be in school, and will be on a regular schedule. So, I think it will work out well.

[So will it all end in tears? Will the 5-year boom that has seen average prices increase by 50 percent in the United States (and by that much in the past 12 months in Phoenix) prove to be a bubble? After all, Goldman Sachs reports,] Relative to per-capita GDP, a typical home in San Francisco now costs much more than one in London. ... Beware.

It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that makes them little sisters to all the world.