Monika, thanks for your wise comment about the variety of viewpoints; that was precisely the purpose of my participation!

I am so grateful for a clear winner. I realize I have felt 'on an edge' since the 2000 election, and then 9/11 occurred, and other excitements and tragedies in the years since... I am so ready to let go of those distractions and embrace fully, my own life.

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