HUBBY'S DEATH OPENED BROTHERS' EYES TO PAIN

Psychologist Joyce Brothers says the death of her husband has left her better able to understand the pain of others. Brothers said in this week's People magazine that after the death of her husband, Milton, last year to cancer she realized that no one lives without pain. "My pain just came a little farther down the pike than a lot of people's," she wrote. "It's one thing to read research and discuss the findings. It's another thing to be able to understand another person's pain emotionally. I'm a changed person; I'm much more sensitive to others." Brothers wrote that she misses the laughter she and her husband shared in their 39 years of marriage. "You miss that more than anything else. Sex is not something you miss. What you miss is the person who, with all his problems, warts and difficulties, thinks you're the greatest person in the world." Brothers, 60, said that the only good thing about her husband's illness was that it allowed her enough time to say goodbye.