After I got off of Skype with Gail this morning, I was thinking how much courage you guys give me from so far away with your Skyping and emails. It made me think back to the old 50’s Harlow Experiment movies they made you watch in the psychology and sociology classes about a live monkey being alone in a large box with a stuffed ‘surrogate’ monkey. Granted his experiments must violate a dozen of today’s animal rights laws but it was different time. Anyway, the monkey would go exploring and then get a little nervous, or scared or lonely and run back to his box and hug the stuffed monkey for a period of time then go off exploring again. You all are my stuffed monkeys. You guys made it possible for me to feel secure enough to leave my normal predictable environment to go adventuring and you guys make it possible for me to remain because I know I can always get comfort and courage whenever needed thru the magic of Skype, iChat and email. Thanks for being my stuffed monkeys!
