Every time I see a picture of Michael, I think of two things: first, the first time I saw an INXS video on the the then new MTV--I was blown away! And second, I remember with renewed pain that this beautiful man is gone and shall not be seen again. I understand despair because I have been in its grasp many times, and each time, for some unknown reason, I have been able to claw my way back up into the light. All of us who have ever known and survived despair would have desired, prayed, demanded to be there at Michael's bleakest moment to pull him away from the black place if we could have. It is one of my profoundest wishes to have been able, yes, me, a woman most of the world away, to stop the irrevocable act that took him from the world. Please accept my deepest gratitude for bringing him into a world that seemed a little brighter while he sang to us. Thank you too for this beautiful website--your generosity is deeply touching.