In those few lines Mike captured a lot of issues. What most jumped out at me was the profound frustration of the writer as well as the hopelessness/helplessness of the person written about it, and the attempt to deal with the frustration. Beautifully done. > [Original Message] > From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 12/15/2005 2:58:10 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: THURSDAY'S CHILD > > Very good indeed! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html