Oh, this is so sad. I'm celebrating a FRaniversity this eveing (10/8/98) and the very first post I made was "Mom Picks Me Up", a post from 1998 that satirized the posters of that era. I concluded a section where Mom (may she rest in Peace) picked me up from the sandbox and then Dad (may he rest in Peace) held me in his arms. LadyX was the first to respond to the post, as the section saluting my Dad, an Iwo Jima vet and a very tough man with a heart of gold, gave me hope for the future.
God Bless you, LadyX
Sorry I'm so late with my thoughts; I've been quite self-centered.