I want to tell you about someone very special that came into my life sometime late in 1999. At that point he didn’t know who I was because I was just someone that clicked on a link on the World Wide Web. This was at an extremely confusing and chaotic time in my life…when I was starting to admit to myself what had happened during my childhood. The website I came up on was something that I had been looking for though I wasn’t sure if I could ever use a site like that. MASSF opened up a whole new world for me… and though I didn’t have the guts to “show” myself to the members at first, not to mention posting there, I spent a lot of time reading through the site and many of the members became a big part of my daily thoughts… and I knew that there were real people out there experiencing the same confusion as I was in. It wasn’t until May or June 2000 that I decided to show myself at MASSF… I felt right at home! Like I had been one of the members for a long time…. I don’t know but I might not be here today if Noah hadn’t started MASSF.

Many of you know who I am talking about and I am sure that most, if not all of you, already know what a special person Noah is. He as touched so many of us through, MASSF, his writings and photographs. But Noah is much more than a good journal or a photo to me….. I am proud to call him my friend…. I am trying to find words good enough that describe how I feel…. but I can’t seem to find them.

Noah…. I think you know by now how much you being a part of my world means to me…. I have the same fears toward you as you once told me you have for me…. a fear of sounding like a silly kid trying “to win you over” LOL With all that said I/we wish you a really happy birthday, just in case we won’t be near a computer over the weekend …and many more to come….
{{{{{{{{{{{{{Noah (and Tomas)}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Love you!