[KatherineM]

Thanks, Flori. I am grateful to you, and to everyone who has shared a bit of their journey here. It is a terrible camaraderie to share, but it does help to know that one is not alone. And, yes, stopping the chatter, stepping outside of the fear and the foreboding, being able to just luxuriate in the moment - here, alone in the house, on an unexpectedly sunny day, when the weather predicted rain, eating leftover Korean food, listening to the neighbor building his new house (ha!) - this is crucial and right and good. The disease has taught me to pay attention, to not discount the ordinary because it is not sublime, but to recognize the sublime in the ordinary, and some people are blind to that their whole lives, so I am grateful, though I wish it didn't come at so high a cost. Today I am better with it, though I did not sleep much last night. Thank you for keeping me company in a moment of panic, Flori, I am rooting for you!