In the wake of our loss, Beverly's mom in law passed rather suddenly as well, just the day before we lost Holly. Beverly is a warm, talented and loving member here and I felt it behooved me to at least make you all aware of this fact.

Bev's wife is not really in favor of Bev and her lifestyle. I have talked with her briefly a couple of times and she seems like a good person, and it only seems right to send her my sincere regrets and condolences on the passing of her Mother. We all go along in life, seldom confronting our own mortality... until it jumps up and smacks us in the face. Events like Holly's passing bring us up short and make us realize that, as much as we try to deny it, our time on this earth is limited and we should make the most of it as we can while we are here. Help as many as we can, harm as few as possible and try to live the best lives we can manage. Some of us are more fortunate than others who have a long, hard row to hoe.

So please, all of you, please join me in offering Bev and her family our condolences for the loss of a family member. I think the hardest loss of all is when a parent dies... second only to when a child dies. That is probably the greatest loss that can happen to any parent.

Let us reach our hands across the sea (Bev lives in Wales, U.K.) and offer what comfort we can to someone who is important to someone who is important to us.

Thanks all.

Catherine Linda Michel