1. Earlier I spoke about the complete and total sense of purpose & fulfillment I felt in my life when I was by Paige's side during her crisis. I felt that twice when seeing you all, once at LGCH and once at Liz's memorial. It just washed over me, it was an amazing sense of calm and "it's ok, everything is ok" and "you are where you're supposed to be." It takes a lot to trigger that sort of thing, and 2 of them happened in my brief dealings with you.

2. This is the phrase with which I initially began this story: "Recent events leave me propelled down the road to healing as it applies to the loss of Paige." That was the first thing that came to mind when considering the results of my interactions with you all. I ended up removing it from the front of the story because it seemed an insensitive way to start this off - that I'm doing better 2 weeks after someone special passed away. However, I feel the positive impact that Mom, Stephanie & Catherine Anabo had on me in a few short weekends was worth sharing. I wanted to say that I really valued the experience, and I feel like I've received more than I've given. Thanks for listening to the things I had to say about Paige & me. - rd.