Hey, we're friends! I'm part of your support network, I ought to act like it, right? Though I am sorry that I didn't give you or my other friends more warning, or ways to contact me after I went back to the States for a while. Just Zeke...

[If Sam had had more time to plan, she absolutely would have, but that first phone call had been daunting. Then again, her mother always had been the dramatic type. Sam's well aware there were some ways where the apple didn't fall far from the tree, but she wants to be in it more for the fun and flair, not the damn mind games...]

Wrecks can be salvageable, there's usually something useful! And all you gotta do is build on that. And you are. Even if things fall through on your current path or your plan goes awry, that's not the end of the world. You've got people who'll help you pick yourself up and keep going and adjust. That's life. It doesn't mean you're a failure or that you failed. It just means you hit a bump. Happens to the best of us, you know?

Still, you're definitely welcome. Happy to be a part of the journey!