As I sat there, prepping for my meeting, my phone rang - at 8AM, no less.  With a call from the Denver area.

"Hello, you have reached the offices of Lee Darrow Enterprises," I said, "how may I help you.

The voice on the other end asked if I was Lee Darrow.  Being cautious (we've had some odd drama around here, lately, strange phone calls and such), so I asked who it was.  "This is Janet Macy's brother, Robert.  I'm calling about the entry on Mr. Darrow's Livejournal page.  The family and I wanted to thank him for his kind words about my sister."

I was flabbergasted.

Janet Macy was a dear friend and colleague in the hypnosis profession.  We'd known each other for about ten years, via telephone and internet and had met only about three times in real life, she lived in California you see and I live here in the Windy City, at the National Guild of Hypnotists conventions in New Hampshire and, most recently, just outside of Boston.

We'd been part of several on-line groups, had shared ideas, techniques and confidences about the field and she had even helped me when I had injured my knee during someone else's show at the convention a few years back.

Janet passed away on June 18 after losing her battle with cancer.

It had been a long and hard fight, with all of us pulling for her, but, in the end, the inoperable mass had spread and she passed in her inimitable way - with dignity and grace, as I knew she would.

And I miss her, as do all of us who knew her.

And here was her brother calling me to thank me for a few words, published on a blog that I thought no one read....

Sometimes, you never know how far your words travel, or who they will touch...

I just hope these words reach Janet.

Somehow, I think they will.

Sleep well.

Lee Darrow, C.H.