Author's note:

I don't know if many will see this. Obviously I decided not to take down my stories. I was too sick before and now, it seems to provide solace to some of you whom are avid readers.

I just want to say that all of you are my inspiration. The spirit of what the Doctor represents and potential courage lives in you. As a Christian, I believe in the divine and universal salvation. God may not answer our prayers as we would like but gives us the answers we need.

I want to thank you for being brave in the face of these conditions. Please help each other. Many of us have bickered but we are in this together no matter if we are Democrat, Republican, libertarian, Green party, etc.

For me as a Catholic, I will pray for us all and hope in whatever belief system you cherish that you do the same in the way you prefer.

There was a series of stories in 1001 Arabian Nights. In one line of that story where the Grand Vizier's daughter married the Sultan believing that it would mean her death, she asks a master storyteller for advice.

He said, "People need stories more than life itself."

Jesus told parables because I believe he also knew the same.

I'll leave the stories up. And regardless if you aren't fond of me or just enjoy a good story, please know that I love you all. We are a community and I'm deeply sorry for any pain I've caused you.

For now, we must endure patient suffering to know who we really are. The majority of us will. But no matter where you are, I love and care for you all.

I'll leave you with a Poem. Before you ask, Tara is a rune used in Ireland to call out to God.

"At Tara in this fateful hour,
I place all Heaven with its power,
And the sun with its brightness,
And the snow with its whiteness,
And the fire with all the strength it hath,
And the lightning with its rapid wrath,
And the winds with their swiftness along their path,
And the sea with its deepness,
And the rocks with their steepness,
And the earth with its starkness:
All these I place,
By God's almighty help and grace
Between myself and the powers of darkness!"

A Swiftly Tilting Planet from the Wrinkle in Time Series by Mandeline L'Engle