To have people asking after me was a great surprise.

If I remember correctly, when I was living in Ohio, we used to talk about meeting for lunch sometime, if I have the right person. Were you an X-LEO? In any case, I am sorry that you have had a stroke, and are so disabled now. I wish I could do something but I live 2500 miles away from you. Do you have any family around to help you?

We could exchange PM's if you are interested? I hope that you get better and have at least some mobility.

Much peace

Gwen

I will miss you. Definitely write something. It can’t hurt and it may help pull you out of depression.

Dawn

I had one phone of that brand. It worked perfectly till the end of warranty. Then started to act up... Then... It almost died. I still was able to answer calls, but touch screen was intermittently unavailable...
My friend had another model later. It worked for a year. Then it started to randomly reboot. Sometimes it just leeched battery dry in 2 hours... And a multitude of other bugs...
My "other brand" phone is still working almost good after almost 3 years. It's screen unglued once again (4th time), magnetic charge port fell out. But it is still a phone. I still can use it for navigation and as a book reader. It has its quirks and bugs but those show themselves about every other month.
And no, it has no bites on it...

Anyway, you should have a backup phone nowadays. It is is basically free. Preferrably from different provider, with something our British friends still call "pay as you go".
(BTW, in some countries prepaid tariffs provide much better quality and service for legal reasons. You can't sue for bad service on "credit" or "post paid" tariffs, as you were denied services you had not paid for yet. On pre paid tariff you already paid your money. Provider is obliged to provide service it was paid for...)

About missing you... Difficult question... Do you have any unfinished stories? Unfinished good story is a sure way to make people miss you! ;-)

And another thing... It is just too interesting to live. Everyone hits hard times from time to time... But it is just plain egoistical to deny authors of this show your attention :-)
Worst case? Immigrate to Russia. Anyone with American passport can make a decent living here. ;-) (just don't try to return Crimea to the borderlands).