1.   A mother was shot to death Tuesday moments after dropping off her two daughters at a day care center.

2.   A woman was shot to death Tuesday moments after dropping off her two daughters at a day care center.

3.   She yearns for freedom from all these, which at the moment death can only offer, until Jack appears.

4.   This is also the Age of Self-Examination, when you are expected to ponder to death every moment of your life.