Russ,

I've been following the story closely as I'm a "current events" person. And.....I've been thinking and feeling really sorry about how this horrific act ended up involving and affecting YOU.

But, what I really wanted to say, is......from your own posts, and from one of the members I spoke to on the phone, I believe that you really enjoy what you are doing musically and you stay busy with it constantly.

When my mother died, what I knew I had to do was to go right back to work immediately and I remember thinking back in those days I was lucky enough to be playing almost every day and able to keep busy 24/7. I felt it was no disrespect to my mother and that she would have wanted me to keep myself busy until "time healed the wound."

I'm hoping (and I'm sure) that's what you are doing and that "time will heal the wound" for you too eventually.

Mark