I wanted to write an article of my fourth friend, Lydia. It took me several tries before I realized I couldn't do it. I wrote and wrote. I could not quite get it right. So I will leave it as it is. She is the fourth, the lovely Lydia. Sweet as sugar, as nice as the others... but difficult to explain. Together we were the four inseparable, strong, happy, indivisible quad. True, funny, fun... That's as much as I can say. I wanted to write about her at the end because she was extremely important in my life. But then again, not more important than the other two. Just important in a different way.



This is for Lydia in place of an article. I like it a lot... she would, too...

I need to add that I am in a quandary about my life. I might be off for a short while. I can barely function, and I am not even looking at my emails with regularity any more. I know I have done this before. It seems that I can't read anything or listen to anything without breaking down a bit. Today, I got a message that someone, that I only knew online passed away last month from an unrelenting illness... much too soon. It caused an enormous grief, which only added to my distress. Take care of yourselves, please.