I've gotten a couple of comments on this blog and in emails that I feel like I ought to address for the sake of my friends who are reading this. Hear ye, hear ye: You're all doing a great job. And you're all doing a great job whatever you're doing, even if it's only thinking about me, whether I know it or not. Do what you can. Maybe it's time to reinforce this with a little thanks, too
Thanks, in no particular order, to Roz and Eva for knitting up loose ends and prodding me out of the house now and then and for flowers and plants; to Jennifer O. for trusting me to edit her book and then telling me what a great job I did when I clearly needed something to do; to Neal and Steven for trying valiantly (and finally succeeding) in sending me not one but two beautiful cards; to Anita for staying in touch and running errands in Canada for me and then putting up with craziness; to Brian and Mike for toasts and carpentry and advice and a ride; to Aunt Laura for telling me I'm her favorite niece; to Carole for just calling to yack; to Kathy B. for some beautiful letters and funny gags; to Beth for sending me one of DeeDee's books and all those wonderful letters and photos; to Peri for enjoying the roses; to Cherise and Gretl for dragging me out for infused pear martinis; to Cathy G. and Betsy for humor and cards; to Carlos for poems and kind words; to Roger for thoughts in the midst of his own crisis; to Uncle Dave and Uncle Ralph and Aunt Lucy; to Paul for being Paul and Mel for being Mel, for the last 37 years; to Sal for snarky jokes and a shared hatred of northern Michigan; to Rob for prayers and support and tales of Korea; to Jenny H. for conversation and company and memories; to Linda for chocolate and for teaching me lessons; to the Ems, to Stephen H., to George, to Greg Beresh at the funeral home, to Mrs. Hamill and all the fandom pals for their warm thoughts and stories that kept me sane, to anybody I've inadvertently forgotten who's done anything for me in the last year.
Thanks. If a person's life is only worth the sum of their friends' love, I'm solid gold.
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