I am grateful to all my friends and family who have been showing support to me in these difficult times. I want to especially thank my friend and boss, Curt, and KarmaPlus’ subdirector Helen. They are truly caring and decent human beings. Other coworkers (and former coworkers) have been nothing but kind too.
I want to thank my friends Peter and Seungbae for some local emotional support and kindness. Peter blogged about me in words I’m almost embarrassed to report.
My mom has been exceptional in her outreach – we’ve corresponded almost daily via email.
The rest of my family, too, have shown concern and kindness, including always thoughtful notes from my stepmother Wendy and the always generous directness of my uncle Arthur. Aside from my mother and father, those two people have had a huge role in making me who I am today.
Old friends in Minnesota and Wisconsin have shown support too.
Some friends (some of whom I haven’t seen in years) have been very generous with words and thoughts in the facebook: Mary, Jeannine, Brenda, my cousins Jori and Sylvia, Tamera, Elizabeth, Aura… Despite my sincerest efforts to “avoid facebook,” I find the outpouring of concern and emotional support there to be genuine and compelling – I expect I’ll rely on it a lot during the hospital stay.
All of which is to say – although it seems like I am “alone” here in Ilsan, I have a huge, worldwide support structure. I’ll be OK.
This blog entry feels like the “acknowledgments” page in a book. I guess in a way it is.
