Things are so frightening and bleak right now, it really does help me a great deal to check back in here and re-read all the wonderful messages of love. These recent weeks are the first time I've ever wished even for a moment that Mom's place wasn't e-free. Tho' it's remote enough that there's probably no high-speed internet access, which has spoiled me for dial-up service.

~black walnut, and everyone else who contributed to the "woods" thread a while back, I feel I ought to remind everyone how public this site is...I printed off gobs of postings for LanaMum to have as a reminder of such a special time. Your words are in black and white forever, or at least until she's desperate for firestarter! BTW, ~bw, she mentioned that cabin as an impromtu singing place with special memories.

Yes indeed, a lot of 'catters are having a difficult time. I didn't post anything about my own partly because I'm lousy at asking for help (but I'm learning, just ask Willie-O who rearranged half Lana's furniture so she could come home on a long-weekend pass). But also because I still feel to be rather a newbie next to those who've been around since Mudcatters were a smaller and perhaps more intimate bunch.

You've made me feel loved and cared about despite my insecurities, even displacing them a bit.

in deepest gratitude for your gifts of healing,
CH.