To those of you who have been responding here, in emails, and on Facebook, thank you for your thoughtful and encouraging responses. I’ve shared them with Dave. Please keep them coming. I have been learning from them. I can’t respond to everyone, of course, and what has been said has its own contribution to make, but I’ve been struck by the number of us who continue to look for people who are able who are able to simply accompany us in the raw places in life where there are no easy answers and no remedy other than the reminder that we are loved.
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