A man placed some flowers on the grave of

his dearly departed mother and started back

toward his car when his attention was

diverted to another man kneeling at a grave.

The man seemed to be praying with profound

intensity and kept repeating, "Why did you

have to die? Why did you have to die?"

The first man approached him and said, "Sir,

I don't wish to intrude on your private

grief, but this demonstration of pain is more

than I've ever seen before. For whom do you

mourn so deeply? A child? A parent?"

The mourner took a moment to collect himself,

then replied, "My wife's first husband.