Mysha- Thank you for your posts. I hope I get to hear your song.

Guest 999- I remember gentle Joey in first grade, a cousin, other family members, so many children with whom I had the pleasure of spending time as a teacher...I have no trouble remembering what it feels like to be apart and alone.

I am glad to know them, and you. Thank you to all who feel they are "other" yet allow someone else to see the world from another perspective.

Maeve