David,

I increased my vocabulary with the time I invested here with you. I moved along with each sentence mystified by what I have missed all of my life. AND, it confirms for me in this last sentence part of the reason why I am here...to work to prevent future generations from making the same mistakes as my own generation has.

What you have described beautifully and poetically didn't have to happen because we can change. Perhaps not the climate, but certainly the choice to plant such a seed!

Thank you for your wisdom and grace.