I wonder how daunting that must feel for Ponygirl. I hope you can find someone who isn't going to leave. It's such an important thing for a therapist to be stable and on-going. All the best for that.

I wonder if I can tell Alffe that I was a teen in the sexist sixties. Thank goodness for the revolution of the seventies. The surfboards were boy's domain. Generally girls apparently were to sit on the beach looking pretty. I body surfed. Actually I body surfed in waves that were much too large and dangerous in cyclonic season even. I used to go off on my own and just go in the water wherever I wanted. Usually where no-one was around. I would totally freak out if my children ever did that!!! I love the ocean so much. Water is my element. I wish I was able to get in it again. <sigh> Sometimes I can hear the ocean from outside my home and I'm a few blocks back.

I wonder if I can say to our very special Canadian friends... "O Canada, O Canada". Happy Canada Day!