Hi Tracy. There will always be people amongst us who will misconstrue our meaning. When I read your initial email it already had the reply posts and I actually had to read it twice as I was confused as to why there was a disagreement going on.

When you said 'beautiful' my instant thought is 'kind, sincere, nice nature etc, just as you intended. The unfortunate thing about text messaging and emails is that it often doesn't convey the same message to some people because of the lack of inflection that our voice so aptly describes.

Tracy you know in your heart what you meant, I know what you meant and so do the majority of others on this forum. I think that we should end this with a 'beautiful' thought for that 'beautiful' 15 year old who is now in peace.

I would like to end this with one of my favourite little stories. It comes from a Buddhist teacher but I believe that the meaning is non denominational.

THE CROOKED TREE
Don't discriminate. Don't get upset with others if they are different. Would you get upset at a small and crooked tree in the forest for not being tall and straight like some of the others? That would be silly. Don't judge other people. There are all varieties. No need to carry the burden of wishing to change them all. If want to change anything, change your ignorance to wisdom.