1.   The directive to write a farewell letter of sorts begged several other questions, too.

2.   An answer to the first question may be found in a farewell letter with funeral instructions, while a resolution to the third requires fortitude and fidelity.

3.   Before his birthday, he paved the way for his departure by sending a farewell letter last November to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

4.   He wrote farewell letters to his brothers, Johnnie and Pat.

5.   In November, the cardinal wrote what sounded like a farewell letter to American bishops.

6.   In his farewell letter to Sharon, Barak said that such an alliance should be a deal-breaker for Labor, and some others agree.

7.   It takes the form of a farewell letter from a suicidal mother written in looping letters across the seat of a living room couch.

8.   Last week, he wrote of his impending retirement in a farewell letter to fellow bishops in New York.

9.   Now, she spends what she hopes are her days writing farewell letters, knitting in her cell and telling her lawyer to fight for her right to die.

10.   On the Tuesday afternoon he wrote a farewell letter to his daughters, saying he had lost all interest in living.