I remember when I was so sick. You sent things to me in the post. You wrote me letters and reassured me that it would be ok. You were and have been a good friend. One that I will treasure all my days.
I was not the only person you went the distance for, you've always had all your buttons on and in the right places. There have been people in your community that you have helped, some who were terribly ill, and who have regained heath, others, some measure of it. Always you have given of yourself and time, unselfishly. This is what separates the ordinary from the exceptional.
I have seen you from this distance, working, putting everything into you had (and more) into what you were studying and learning. So much, so much, you looked at and recorded. Sometimes, others were not kind to you, which you did not deserve or earn; instead of encouragement and assistance you got short shrift. In those times, I stood up for you, and stood by what you recorded and noted, saw and learned. I did that because what you showed me was not a figment of your imagination, not something that someone could possibly make up on a whim.
I have seen your determination to tease the secrets out of this, to make sense of what you were seeing. And I'm grateful for it, SD. It has been a really long road, and I am relieved that the end is within view. Of course, it will be another beginning, but this -what you have seen and understood - is a key to open other doors.
I am as excited as you are. And I know that when you say you need a little more time to wrap things up, that when that is done, you will come back and put it here.
Thank you for all you have done and for saying that you will tell the forum what you have found.
