Several years ago, I visited a friend whose father was visiting her. When I went to greet her dad, who was sitting on the couch, my breath stopped. It felt like the wind had been knocked out of my sails by a sharp blow to the gut. Not really understanding what had happened, I regained my outward composure, said hello, and continued with the visit. Quietly I was trying to recover from the shock that had hit my sensitive energy field. Sadly, I later learned that my friend's fat