That is kind of you Emma but, in honesty, it is not really courageous.

Reading posts about people fighting cancer, losing loved ones, supporting those less fortunate, etc., I think them courageous.

Seriously I am nothing special whatsoever. The sooner that the mass of people see it as nothing special the better it would be for all sides. People have their bodies changed every day. They do it for all sorts of reasons but, mostly, just to feel better about themselves (though I am fully aware of those poor folk who have major burns and injury that need plastic/reconstructive surgery that is not elective).


The remarkable thing... isn't that they [stink bugs] put their tails up in the air - the really incredibly remarkable thing is that we find it remarkable. We have only ourselves to use as yardsticks. (John Steinbeck, Cannery Row)

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