To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (322 ) 9/22/2002 1:21:54 PM From: 2MAR$ Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 337 there is she that must be obeyed and she that sometimes must obey her heart .... in either case Sherry , you might be both. But edwarda , though I wasn't even born online early enough to know her was a comrade spirit and teacher ...and friend to you. This is/was never a game sherry , and what has been the most extremely eyeopening thing of all , is how very close with such ease we can grow closer with respect , and communicate ourselves to each other ...and teach. I have met people online i would almost consider lovers, but surely friends ....but more importantly they have become wonderful techers and shared things I might never have imagined or dared to see in myself . Life goes by fast enough , and years dwindle into eternity so that it escapes us to pause and honor those that were with us and living , and the next moment gone , but not forgotten .... yet so many times I have found so often ....many of you here being my teachers ...extending your hands as friends ....and developping affections , with sharing of wit humor , life and sorrows.... but only hints of sorrows for those we always usually hide ....sometimes I have to just pause and think how absolutely wonderful it is to have come to know a "sherry" or a "solon"...and some that have opened my eyes with their unmistakable prescence , intelligence , wit and humor .... I am not sure if I have even touched those spaces to be able to convey wisdom , and probably would have spent my time better practicing an instrument , or learning to dance. Life is so short sherry , and each one of us so precious ...as long as I have known you online , this is what I have learned from some very special people , I may have never known or met at all. It is sometimes to be looked at as a privilige , thoise friendships that have been made online . Those people that are real leave a lasting effect , and the touch of their personality even with this medium , has a power and ability to instruct .... It's very wonderful looking back at all these associations affixed to the grandiose promises of the internet that may have cause such a huge bubble and valuations beyond compare.... But I would have never known a Sherry Fox for all that, and some others I have grown so far , too have so much fond respect . WE have a great medium here , and you always have my love and respect ...honoring Edwarda by honoring each other is something I think she would like and approve ... ;-)