kat,

THanks for putting up the blicky. What is nice about the thread is that Beau put an effort into describing the problem and his feelings. It was an open, warm statement of feelings. The replies were just that, too. Many people shared their experience about important events and emotions in their own lives. Those kind of entries, in which the writer invests himself in the message, gives the thread a lot of impact. Not all such threads are like that. A thread of one sentence good wishes feels perfunctory, and powerless to me. Perhaps the effort and feelings that went int to many of the messages for Beau's mother are why it was so meaningful for Beau.

Sourdough