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Show 243 "What's that mean? No divorces?" "No, it means you keep on being married in the afterlife I mentioned. That is, if you're married in the temple. I think I'm getting a little ahead of myself." She looked interested. "Does that mean-" She waved her hand in rapid circles, "--you know, the whole bit?" "Yes it does," said Sorenson, pink again. "Fantastic." She had taken off her slippers and now curled her legs under her, nestling back in the chair. "It also means the family remains intact," Sorenson went on. "Your children and everything, I mean." "We haven't decided about children yet. Have we, Richie?" She wriggled prettily against the back of her chair. "I'm sure you will soon," said Sorenson. "And when you do, I'm sure you won't want to lose them." Richard cleared his throat. "My wife and I believe that children aren't necessarily mandatory in a marriage." Then he added, "I realize that's an unpopular view." "But we are thinking about it," she said. "It might interest you to know that the church teaches that we exist in a spirit form before we were born," said Sorenson. "There's even some idea that we have a say in who our parents are going to be." "Boy, did yjMj pick wrong, Richard!" Her husband sniffed and folded his arms. "I mentioned this because we were talking about children," Sorenson said. "The church teaches that there are a certain number of spirits needing to be bom. Mortal life is just a step along the way, see, but |