One of the women at the Isaiah House wanted to know who to thank for her gift. Hers included a card and a note from one of you and she wanted to write back. Unfortunately we have no way of tracking that particular card to its owner; we didn’t provide for that kind of connection. But it does give me the opportunity to thank you all on her behalf.

The important thing is not this connection between the Catch and the Isaiah House that is made with many miles in-between and a certain amount of anonymity built in, but the more intimate connection between you and the “Isaiah House” women in your area, because we all know they are there.

You might be surprised to find out who they are. They may be in your church, in the library, at the supermarket. The important thing for us all to learn here is not how different we are, but how similar.

We need to not be either isolated or insulated and many of us are both. I say this because if it hadn’t been for Marti, I would be, and still am in many ways. Our society and ways of life do not provide for these types of connections. We have to go out and find them, or put ourselves in places where they can be found, or have our eyes opened to find them among us.

Let’s answer that woman who wanted to write the giver of her gift by finding someone similar to her in our own circles. I somehow think she would like that, and as usual in cases like this, we are the ones who stand to benefit the most.