I wish I had more time to let this sit in memory for savoring and fine-tuning, but I don't, so....

I just have to say how really lovely Veronica is-- I'll warrant it's not just LF's rosy view. She was a gorgeous child, and all that has remained... but with the added richness of a maturing woman. The pix do not do her justice-- she has to be seen in motion. This physical beauty, however, is NOTHING compared to the breadth and sunniness of her smile beaming back at Michelle.

V has been thru so much. She has retained, like a diaphanous garment of beautifully impermeable chain-mail, all the goodness that she has ever received. And you can see in her face that she knows that a big piece of that-- it may be the biggest/prolly is-- is connected to this place, these people, and this woman (and I am sure, Pete).


Hardi and I see so many, here. grow up. Most of them grow up fine-- it's am amazing community most of you will never fathom because you would have to spend a fair amount of time here to catch it. But the thing is, they don't quite often come out like Miss Vee.

She will have challenges, and she will have pain. Life is like that. But the spirit with which she will meet it-- well, we hope to see her again, and often.

~Susan