I just wanted to send you a post to say a big "Thank you" for being you.

You spend so much of your time and energy helping others and sometimes we get busy and forget to mention that we care and that we thank you for all that you do for so many people including myself. This can happen with or without actual communication which is the very neat thing about this medium of the internet.

Reading snippets of articles that you've posted in the past or reading about what's happening with Cooper or your dinner dates or trips here and there... well that's all part of that "standing beside you and being there with you" feeling that I often get. I know you do all those things as well as spend so much of your time devoted to others and we love you for that, Alffe. You're a good person and a good friend to so many but you must take care of yourself as well.

Anyway, I once bought my daughter the cutest little t-shirt when she was a very young girl and it read...

Don't stand in front of me
I may not follow
Don't stand behind me
I may not lead
Just stand beside me
and be my friend.


Want a cuppa out on the verandah??? We can dodge the rain drops.