Dear Shirley:

Homeostasis- the body keeping the same temperature no matter what the temperature outside is, the same blood sugar concentration, the same… same conditions. The saying goes that you can always count on things changing, except that the body needs sameness. And so it is mentally, we need sameness, a routine, something to count on to be tomorrow and the day after. If we have a relationship, be it parents, friends, we need to know the people in our lives will be the same through time so we can rely on them, trust them … to be the same. In the midst of change we need sameness, physically and mentally. This is why you need to be rooted like a tree even though you like to fly. You can fly but then, once in a while you have to come down to earth for sameness.

From the two articles you posted I learned that you are an Earth Angel- perfectly fitting: Shirley the Earth Angel. I think that from now on, I will address you as “Dear Shirley the Earth Angel:” or “Dear Earth Angel:” Would that be okay or do you prefer the usual Dear Shirley? I am excited about the Fitting here, a perfect fit. (I don’t think of you as an Incarnate Angel because I don’t want to think of you being on earth for too short of a time, as it says in the article!)

Shirley, Earth Angle- perfect!

anita