Yes, we can.

[innerSpaceman]

Oh, I know she's been very ill for at least the last few weeks. But my own experience leads me to believe it takes an unrelenting illness of many, many months for family members to consider death a blessing and not a curse.




(Of course, the presidency itself is something likely under the category of "be careful what you wish for" ... I hope Obama doesn't find the office a curse either.)