If you come through MS - stop by and say HI! I love the idea of a TE get-together - can we make it family friendly for those of us with kids and no grandparents nearby??? I must say, you ladies have been such an inspiration to me! I haven't been around here for very long, but I do feel as though I've made friends already. When I am out riding and get tired or come up on a dog - I hear you encouraging me to press on.

My little (well - big in retrospect) decision of life was when I decided to leave the comfort of all that I had ever known in MD and do my graduate work in Louisiana. That gave me the courage to leave my ex (who was smothering me in an obsessive sort of way) and the opportunity to meet the love of my life! Now we have 2 wonderful kids and an honest and equal and supportive relationship. Wow! Who knew???