of acceptance of Annette so broad and all encompassing that the rest of us were carried along in it and accepted equally. The idea of disap- proval or condemnation just didn't get past the front door so if we were friends of Annettes we were friends of theirs and it didn't make any difference whether they were business people, police detectives or truck drivers we were taken at face value as friends.

The news of Annette's death came as a particular shock to me. Not only was it the loss of an old and dear friend but the fact that I had stayed with Sheldon in his apartment in Chicago on Thursday and Friday, he had gone with me to the two TV appearances made in Chicago, been at the Chi party on Saturday night, gone part way to the airport with me on Sunday morning and then to learn from Maureen in Denver by long distance phone to me in Bloomington, Indiana that Sheldon-Annette had left us on Tuesday - just two days after I'd last seen him was really a terrible shock.

In conclusion I can only say that the things said by Marilyn, Maureen and myself about Sheldon-Annette are true but the fact that they are said after his departure leads me to the inescapable thought — wouldn't it have been great if we had said those things to Sheldon or Annette when we were there with one or the other? Isn't it sad that all the nice things we feel about someone somehow don't get said until an obituary piece becomes in order? Perhaps each of you who read these lines might dwell on them for a moment. Think of those in your own lives both relatives and friends whom you love, respect, admire, and enjoy why not tell them now when they can hear it and be warmed by your appreciation. Death coming as unexpectedly as it does you might never get another chance. We loved Annette, I hope she knew it, but I regret most poignantly as I write this that I didn't personally say it to her in so many words while she was with us. I shall try to do so with those who still remain in contact. Why don't you do the same?

We also lost other sisters in 1970 Deanna from Baltimore, Myrtle from Wisconsin and others less well-known. The fact that considerable space has been devoted to Annette is not intended to slight anyone else. It is due to the fact that, a) Marilyn and Maureen sent in their contri- butions and I, of course, had to add mine because, b) Annette was something special as you have read she was one of the real pioneers of our movement and a dear friend.

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