> > I ask that you keep my friend in your prayers, and be understanding if I'm not talkative or in a light mood for a while.
> >
> > Ayako

> I hope you were comforted--and able to give comfort to others--at your friend's service today.
> Sometimes the only way we get through things is to hold each other up...it just takes some reaching out to do it, as you've done here.

Amen.

> koala"reaches back to Ayako with sincere sympathy"mom


Slowly, little one, so slowly
Climb up Mount Fuji
Sharing tears
Wrapped in fog, the sun comes
Burning bittersweet and redly.


Wolf