Reply #20: After I got back, a WONDERFUL young woman helped me 'get straight' in my head.

[TahitiNut]

She's forever a part of me - a very welcome part. She was a 'lefty, touchie-feelie' gal who had a horrid childhood - with sexual abuse and other horrors. She was very, very special to me and helped teach me unconditional love.

I have no illusions that a political perspective guarantees someone's a "good" person. My ride from OAB to SFO was with a "hippie chick" from Berzerkley - daughter of UCB professor(s) and girlfriend of a guy I met on the MAC flight back to Travis. The ride was a VW minivan, no less - with decals. They were great people, delaying their personal "welcome home' time to give me a ride.

It was a time of extremes - the good and the bad. I don't think anyone who wasn't a 20-something at the time really knows how it was. Hard to convey.

We should never, ever underestimate the healing power of "good loving" - no matter who floats our boats.