or more concisely, the cost of living in los angeles kicked me out. all the way to NC, where i was fortunate enough to find a really good job and my rent is a mere 1/2 of what it was back home. but here is the rub: two of my surviving children, my grandchildren, and my daughter's bones are still in CA. my third son is so homesick he tells me he will go live in a foster home if only he can go back to