Hi Earthmama,

I'm late reading this but wanted to chime in with everyone else and say that your input on the board is valuable and helps tremendously! I see you as a big asset here. Your comments always come across to me as compassionate and well meaning.

We can't take responsibility for how each and every person who reads our posts reacts emotionally to what we've said. We are all so different, and are triggered by different things. A comment that might help one person may trigger another. We cannot always know this.

But what I think we all know is that, as individuals and collectively, we are here on the board because he have a caring heart, and our motives and intentions are to encourage and help one another! None of us are perfect or can say exactly the right thing at the right time. We just do our best to hear, understand, and respond from our hearts in the best way we know how to do. That's all we can expect from ourselves or each other.

You are appreciated, and I am glad you are here.