On several occasions, I have been tempted to rush and respond to some of your posts. Each time, I sat in front of the computer screen poised to begin writing but decided against it because I would have been responding not because it was time to respond, but merely out of an obligation to do so. I looked beyond prompts from a dear friend who nudged me to respond but the time was not quite right so I waited. I felt like there needed to be more time for the questions you have posed to seep through my thoughts and those of other readers. After reading and re-reading your posts, and viewing the responses you have provided to each other, I am sure I made the right decision.

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