I want to thank all of you who commented on "Daniel and I."

Your comments were lovely and very kind.

My thought was to write a story from the perspective of the person who encounters a transsexual and hasn't a clue as to what is going on. I wanted the protagonist to have to overcome a situation he finds himself in, through no fault of his own, a situation that he does not understand, that he isn't equipped with the knowledge to understand. On the other hand, he is not burdened with a lot of prejudices either. That's Roger, a good hearted loner who doesn't relate well to others in general and girls in particular. However, he is relatively happy with his life. He finds someone to whom he can relate, but has to overcome his own confusion in order to accept this wonderful relationship. His major confusion is that accepting Dani means losing Daniel. He also has to comes to terms with things not being what he thought they were. That's always hard. When life throws a curve ball, I think most people react much as Roger did initially.

Some of you wrote that the story was "tender." I think it is too, but no one who knows me would expect that I would ever write anything "tender." This was quite a departure for me. I don't write much, but none of it has ever been called "tender." Thank you so much.

Diane24 wrote that she found the story to be a tearjerker. Diane, me too. In a couple or three places, I was writing along, doing what I had planned to do, when I would, much to my surprise, tear up. I took that as a message that, one, I was at an emotional crest in the story and should give that part more writing attention and, two, I might have written a more moving story than I had expected.

Jan, sorry, but my muse has always been very, ummmm, sluggish. I get inspired to write about every ten or twelve years, and I am being, mostly, serious. Therefore, I am not expecting to write anything else until, maybe, 2020, but should my muse ever get her act together, I hope I will be able to write something you will enjoy.

Andrea, grazie.

Thanks to everyone.

LoriAnn