WARM GREETINGS,, CHRIS!
 IT WAS A GREAT PLEASURE FOR LES AND I TO HAVE YOU
  AND FAMILY JOIN US AT LES' GREAT HONOR.
  THE EVENING OF CELEBRATION WAS MADE EVEN MORE
   MEANINGFUL WITH THE WARMTH OF YOUR PRESENCE.
      WHEN I FIRST BEGAN TO SPEAK, CHRIS,
      I SAW YOUR FACE AND THIS GAVE ME COURAGE TO CONTINUE
       BUT THE SMILE OF YOUR COUNTENANCE, THAT AFFIRMATION,
        GAVE ME THE FEELING THAT WHAT I WAS EXPRESSING
        WAS REACHING DEEP DOWN IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE
        LISTENERS.  AND WHAT A GIFT IT WAS!
        AND YOUR UPLIFTING COMMENTS AT THE END
        THAT MOST OF ALL, WILL LIVE IN MY HEART FOREVER.
        OH, HOW APPRECIATIVE I FEEL!
        LES FELT TRULY HONORED AND IT WAS PALPABLE
        THE REVERENCE IN WHICH HE IS HELD
         ON SO MANY LEVELS, THE TRIBUTES
            CAME FROM THE HEART AND YOU SURELY REALIZED
        HOW HE HAS INSPIRED AND MENTORED SO MANY OF
        THE MEMBERS.  HIS STURDY BELIEFS IN THEM
      CAUSED THEM TO BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES.
       THANK YOU, CHRIS  HUGS FOR BEAUTIFUL ANDREA.
 - FONDLY, JOAN