Jon, why?

1. Because the fragile peace over issues of differences in spirituality is coming apart at the seams and I do not think I am free to answer you in the open without making that worse, so I choose privacy to take the discussion I believe would be involved, all the way, to the mat, belly to belly, till the need has been met.

2. Because it is much, much more practially feasible for me to address a long topic in e-mail with the system tools at hand. I have a lot of these going on right now, and it is much more workable.

3. Because the experience Hardi and I have in this area of struggle includes good stewardship over it, and not shouting into a windstorm of multiple voices with no connection to the person expressing the need.

4. Because responding to your needs requires thought and diligence and a significant commitment of time and resource on our part, and flinging it into the forum does not seem the best way to embody that commitment.

5. Because you deserve personal attention for a personal matter. If it results in things you find appropriate to share in a forum settingm, of course that is your choice.

6. Because we are professionals who conduct ourselves within certain ethical realities and in a preofessional manner.

7. Because we know what we are doing, and because if you want our participation in this kind of assistance that's the way it has to be. There are whole layers, to resonding to this need, that go far beyond any kind of forum relationship. I am inviting you to that relationship.

~Susan