[AnnieBL]

I don't know how I came to miss this this morning. Like Sarah, it made me cry.. I knew you were a special person, I just didn't know just how special. I'd so much like to think I could have done some such thing myself, perhaps under the influence of one of my 'special resolutions', but I'm afraid that's wishful thinking, although I did long ago on the basis of love and friendship helpl my DW and her children out of a much less severe but increasingly abusive situation. If we are all part of a family, then this girl is now a friend and member of that family and shouldn't there perhaps be something more we can do to help her make a better life for herself, not just buying off our consciences but something constructive to give her faith in her ability to overcome adversity? Maybe I'm letting my heart talk rather than my head, but I felt I had to say it.