HI:

One day future descents will be able to say the same thing about cancer - isn't that just the way some things are? What we take for granted was life-threatening at one time, like "measles".

There were so many of us in the household whenever there was measles or chicken-pox running rampant at school, my Dad always made sure we all "got exposed" because [he] wanted to go through the "epidemic" once and not 9! different times.

<<<<<<<<<<< GRIN >>>>>>>>>>>

You know what gives this journey a happy ending? Well-wishers such as yourself - grin. If you and "attocat" hadn't of come along and gave your addendums, I'd still be paddling up a creek without me oars.

It is that extra encouragement that is all that is needed to push/carry one through to finding new/good discoveries for our journeys.

"Thanks, Friend."

--Manaia