There’s a group of Florida dancers who’ve flown out (almost 20 of them! That’s a long way for so many kids to make it!), and the leader of the crew (Future Tribe Project) was and still is the Florida reporter for Lotus. I swear, if that man says one more overwhelmingly sweet complimentary thing…*sob* He keeps introducing me as “My editor,” and when I protest “Well, I left the magazine, so I’m not really…anymore….” he just smiles and says “You’ll ALWAYS be my beloved editor.” (*sniff*)

Then I had one Florida kid tell me he brought the last two years worth of Lotus with him on the plane and reread each one cover to cover. “You have no idea how you’ve affected me,” he explained. “You don’t understand: you were the inspiration for our collective to begin.” Dear god! I’m stunned by the sweetness. *blush*