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GREAT chapter... but just as important, how many stories fed into the chapter and how many come out of it? Tom

Damn, Wayne... I had sense enough to realize transition is multi, multi-faceted, but you've opened a tier beyond anything ever considered. You've already broadened my horizons on this, so educate me even more!

Great short story! Excellent example of one of the many ways we still have a long way to go.

Without doubt Guarded is even more wonderful the second time around! Tom

Holy cow Wayne!!! I'm so thankful I have learned to trust you and move forward in spite of ROUGH beginnings. All the good things beyond the beginning are the reason to keep moving forward. Tom i

kbois... Say all those things loudly and repeatedly!!! Tom

Absolutely YEP to more stories about guys like Joe, but FOR SURE about more guys like Pete!!! I can personally testify that several years knowing guys like Pete brought tons of balance and JOY to my life. Tom

Oh buddy... This has really been a mess of a year, but coming back to this reading has been an incredibly refreshing thing for me! Have to admit I couldn't resist reading Harry, then doubling back to do the recommended "get back up to speed" reading. Harry was great, but back to Guarded and WHAM there was the old magic!!! Thank you!!! Tom '

Yours are the caliber of reads for which once is seldom enough!

Absolutely!!

It's great to be back to Guarded!!! Tom

Hey Wayne... It is wonderful to be welcomed back to Camp Refuge with a "got lucky" story. Gus and his folks got lucky running into a family whose needs dovetailed so well with their capacities to help and guide. Harry and his folks got lucky running into a family to help them along the path to wellness. And we, your readers, got lucky by being invited to share the start of another Camp success story. This story could so easily become more than a short.... hint, hint, hint. Tom

WOW! What a totally surprising and incredible ending to a wonderful chapter. Not the first knotted gut, but there were more "loops" than a macrame. And they all had "possibility" tails. Thanks so much for sharing your talents with us.

Thank you Wayne, what an incredible chapter. Some things fixed and settled, some things nearly, and we've ended up at another cliff. Then there was the apron. That one object nearly undid me. Life experience has taught me that in times of trouble seemingly small material objects can have overwhelming emotional significance. In an incredible chapter working in that one object was an absolute emotional blockbuster. Thank you so very much for allowing us to join in experiencing your stories and the insightful readers' discussions.

WOW.... what a chapter. Things go to crap, then sideways headed straight for hell. My guts tied up in knots... but on closer inspection all those knots have a little tail of hope hanging out. Hope and faith are what Camp Refuge is all about. Then there's also the faith we can make it through the week to resolution.