In the past year and a half, my life needed a bit 
of distraction in order to maintain my sanity. My 
father is going through the final stages of Non-
Hodgkins Lymphoma, a form of cancer that is 
killing Vietnam veterans at an alarming rate 
these days. After all the treatments and 
therapies, we are entering the home stretch in 
his fight. I am thankful for this hobby and for 
all the people I have met who have stopped to 
help me, email me or sell me a cel or two. I am 
even thankful for the flamers who gave me someone 
to rail on every so often when I needed to blow 
off some steam. Right now I am in school every 
weekday from 7am-7pm, and the rest of my time is 
spent either working or studying. It is nice to 
have a hobby like this where I can spend a moment 
and look at the beautiful cels I have acrued and 
feel a bit better. While money is short and my 
family is often broke, every so often I win at 
the local casino and get to treat myself to a cel 
that I want. Thank you everyone for being just 
the right distraction that I have needed.