So often, we all, to varying degrees, forget how

precious this life is... precious because it is an

opportunity to live, and LIVE. You have LIVED large. No

doubt about that. Far and wide, terrible and beautiful, but most importantly: you have learned the most precious lesson that changes everything in our lives — "Treat everyone you meet as if they are God in disguise." For me, everyone is a teacher from whom I can learn something... and for me, your writing shows how clear we can all become about the things that have happened to us, so that none of it is wasted time, and none of it overwhelms our selves permanently. Your writing is your art (and painting too!), but you are your ART. And I love the peaks into your ART Gallery that your give us!