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This year I truly wanted to go to The Assembly.  My husband & I did so much this summer, that I didn’t think it possible.  I told my husband Frank, that I was sad that I couldn’t go.  To my surprise he said I should go.

Wow!  I get to go to The Assembly this year!  Yeah!  So, I e-mailed Al Haferkamp, and told him I was going. We worked out that I would room with Anne Bollman & Janet Cromwell.  Great roommates too, thank you both.

This was one of the best Assemblies I have attended.  Reconnecting with old friends, and making new ones too.  Prosperos people are family.  There is always acceptance, love, non-judgement.  Even when we’ve been away from each other for years it seems as though no time has passed.  So many of my Prospero friends share the same kinds of issues with me, and we are all working through them.

Sara Walker and I reconnected after almost 40 years of not seeing each other.  We have so much in common it’s amazing.  I asked Sara if she remembered that I bought her 1976 Subaru in 1978, and she did not.  That was my very first car, and it served me well.  Thank you, Sara for the car & for reconnecting at The Assembly.  The last day I think it was Al that said we intend to keep in touch with each other through e-mails, or other online communications.  I’m all for that!

Calvin, Tibor, Annie, Sara, and I went out to dinner one night and had the best time.  We were just eating, drinking wine, and enjoying great company.  We went to the very fine La Traviata Restaurant in Long Beach.

Thank you Al, Calvin, Anne, Janet, and the rest of those who made this wonderful weekend possible for all of us “Companions at the Crossroads”.

Aloha, Amy