First of all, my many great thanks to Sara R for her excellent DIARY yesterday about Zen Trainer and her upcoming surgery. ZT had shared with me a couple of weeks ago her frustration with the thought that her insurance company might try to “run out the clock” on approving this surgery until her policy expired, but her doctor was hopeful that it would be approved. I guess not.
This is personal for me. ZT is one of my closest friends on here. She was one of my earliest mentors in putting together and publishing candidate diaries, giving me access to more groups to expand the coverage. She was kind and generous with her time, busy as she was, heading me in the right directions and giving me style and substance pointers that made me a better diarist. But that wasn’t enough for dear ZT, she had to alter my destiny while she was at it.
ZT saw something in me that she thought could be beneficial to others. She had been working on a more personal level with Dr. Fergie Reid of 90 for 90, and with my permission she gave him my phone #. Most of you who write or read candidate diaries are familiar with the 90for90 website, but Dr. Fergie Reid is something else! I have never met a man so passionate and driven, and yet as funny as hell in my life. After our first phone conversation we spoke almost daily on the phone for over 6 months, discussing candidates and issues in campaigns. ZT brought him into my life, and I’ll never be able to thank her enough for enriching me with not only herself, but Dr. Fergie as well.
Believe me, I know full how damn hard it is for ZT to do this. I felt the need for a little reality check, so I went back and reread the diary that I had to post not so long ago about my own problem, as well as the comments. Tears came to my eyes again at the kindness, love and generosity I was shown by this community. I got the same misting in my eyes at the comments in Sara R’s diary for ZT. And I have little doubt that I’ll tear up at the comments I get to this diary. From politics to PWB diaries, ZT is such an important part of our group, and I want to see her back in the saddle again ASAP.
As Sara R outlined yesterday, if you would like to help Zen Trainer out at PayPal, or by personal check, here is the necessary info;
PayPal: send using the “family and friends” option to zenpaws AT msn DOT com
Check: make to Tracy B. Ann and send to P.O. Box 293372, Nashville, TN 37229
So many thinks to everyone who has already taken the time to get involved, even if only with best wishes and sentiment, those thoughts and words can make every bit as much of a difference, just knowing that somebody cares and supports you. And for those who have already contributed, my sincere thanks again! Let’s get Zen Trainer back on her feet and doing what she loves again!