Guys and gals, good people all I suspect----even well-meaning for the most part...

You're too all shook up over this. To my way of thinking, it's just a waste of time. Yours-- mine --whomever. And time is all we've got---and not enough of that commodity at that. Life is short, after all. It won't make ME feel any better to know you want to mumble wishful-thinking words to yourself about my situation. I just think it's silly to do all that when you or I could be communicating much more effectively---or even just be reading a decent book---or even hanging out here at Mudcat. I'm just tired of being told by so many good folks I love that they are praying for me. It's really getting old to keep hearing that. From all I can see, for all your activity and time put in, you are just talking to yourselves. I find it endearing and not anything to make me frightened. But, please, realize it's being done by YOU for YOU -- and not for me from where I view things.

Love (really),

Art Thieme