friends...and foes...;-) with the innundation of so many needing so much help... raffles...ebays...fund raisers of all kinds...you may feel overwhelmed... a friend said to me..."i don't know who to help...i can't help everyone!" well...you...being one person...can NOT help everyone...so you just help the one[s] that grab your heart...stressing over all of it does not help you or them...i know this from personal experience...it will just make you sick... and help does not have to be monetary...some people are good at getting the info out...some are good at organizing the fund raising...some have web sites to put the info on to get it out to more ppl...some have stuff they can sell on ebay...everyone has a way to help...you just need to find the way you do it best...and do it to help the one who grabs your heart...they all need it equally...in their own way... as for the second thing... the "battling" on the fml is good...[ADV issues...vaccination issues...all issues]...it is necessary...they are being basically civil...and it is airing out questions that many people have prolly wondered about but never asked...this gives them more than one way to look at things...no one is ever 100% right and the other 100% wrong...each always has good points and not so good points...but the discussing back and forth gets these thought processes out in the open for people who have questions to "see" more than one view...to compare with what they thought...or learned...and how they see if they have been taught wrong...or right...it is how people make intelligent decisions... as long as we can keep it informational and not "finger-pointing/confrontational" and "calling names"...everyone will learn... now i would like to thank, from the bottom of my heart, all who have helped and are helping me with my kids surgeries...i can not thank you all enough...no..this is not another plea for help...it really is a heartfelt THANK YOU! love, kat ===== KITY=^..^=KAT and the Kollektive [17] http://www.geocities.com/ferretlover97 In Memory of...White Russian...who lost his fight with ADV on May 8, 2002 Missing pieces of my heart...Marcel, LittleWhiteGirl, Narmy, OldGuy, D'weezle, Pye, Sandi, Jack, and the biggest pieces of my heart...Sonny, Charlie and Geezer! ...Keeping in memory...Dweezil, Opie and Tunees... My ferret Afghans! http://www.geocities.com/crochetkat/ferret Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened. Think about it! [Posted in FML issue 3843]