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Kristine Carlson had an idyllic life. She and her husband, Richard, had a romantic marriage, two beautiful daughters, andthanks to the success of Richard's bestselling Don't Sweat the Small Stuff seriesall the comforts of the American Dream. But on December 13, 2006, that perfect story took a sudden turn when, on a typical flight to New York, a pulmonary embolism would take Richard's life, catapulting Kristine into heartbreak and uncertainty. It was the end of life as Kristine knew it and the be