Thank you, THANK YOU... everyone one of you who is participating in this thread... gosh, this is all so enlightening to me and I'm now going to chirp in with my scattered thoughts .... which are whirling all over the place right now....

Please, first, though, I want to tell you all that I have heard good news about LARA so check out the "Hey Lara" thread to know she's ok


I think everyone of us here has the capability or the courage or the common sense or the insight or whatever you want to call it....

to take what we read here.... and grow so much more!!!!

I grow with ALL , in realizing what an amazing lifeline our friendships have meant to us all... quite literally.... new or old friends.... we are always supportive .... for whatever it takes.... we have it in us!

I'm literally spinning around with happiness about you all!