Thank you all for your kindness. It saddens me that my father will not be here as I take up the reins of my life again. I wish that he could have seen me healthy, working again, publishing again, perhaps even with a life partner.

I'll just have to trust that he will be happy for me in spirit, however my life turns out. I am blessed in so many ways, by life itself. Everything else is lagniappe.

But I will miss him. I am not sure he understood me, but I know that he loved me. With that I will have to be content.