(blush)
I'm not really anyone special... But I do belive that sometimes I have been given a gift of trying to reach people.
I am not a public speaker, nor am I considered persuasive in person.
I had the good fortune of being raised by entirely human and imperfect parents, but they did believe in one thing - that we shoudl be better than we are.
Your words are appreciated very much. It's nice to know that I have at times convinced people of the rightness of something I am passionate about. But it's not about me. I'd rather not be recognized. I'd rather the ideas hold sway... These things that are important right now are bigger than you and me, individually or combined, and I believe our nation's future is absolutely dependent upon rising to this occaision, not falling because of it.
When that time comes that I go to meet my Maker, I want to know that I, in some way, did my part to uphold the best in all things.