The Sum of the Parts:

He looked at me. I sat calmly in the passenger seat. I had not  heard a word he said. 'I'm sorry...I'm thinking about the rest of my life'...now that I have one, I thought to myself. My Grandmother died and I was no longer a grandchild...my Mother Died, I was no longer a son...as my partner leaves: I am no longer a partner. Something leaves...and something  is added. I become myself: greater than the sum of the parts and so obvious now: I am giddy...I inhale deeply the pure oxygen of change.