Talking about meeting people on the Internet-I have to say that as a result of this journal I have made a few on-line friends, people who I may never meet but that I visit with via our blogs. It's amazing how much people are willing to share. It's a calculated risk: someone who hates you can be reading your ups and downs, rejoicing in each heartache. Some unknown troll can come along and leave some awful comment just because he can.

I just read that Margie over at Buzz-a-Roni had a real tragedy in her life. And as painful as it must have been for her to write about it, thank goodness for her that she has also received an outpouring of sympathy and support. And that's one of the good things about blogging. Not the statistics, collecting links, collecting comments, whatever. It's that we can touch, with our words, and be touched.