Today I got a reader email....

That has left me more than a little verklempt.

That sort of thing isn't why I write - I write to tell a story, and hopefully insert a few long-acting shards of thinking-cooties into people's brains and hearts, but I never expect to get feedback on what those shards can do.

So yeah, all the stress and crap of this week?  Totally washed away, right now.