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Dear Stephanie,

By far one of THE most intimidating ladies I have ever “met”. I mean this in the best way possible. I met your through STAND I guess I could, in theory, call you a client of my design business. But to be honest trying to put you into any category would be rather facile.

We worked on what I assume is one of a bazillion projects you have going at anytime. You were clear on what you were looking for, but nurturing enough to allow me freedom to explore my various skatter-shod concepts. You worked well as an intermediary between myself and another group of individuals that I never met, and I would wager defended my design decisions as if they were your own, though I imagine if there were your decisions you would have been less likely to be vehement. The little project went swimmingly and I managed to get to know you a little if I might say so.

Not to sound like a love letter, but you can make a fella just fall over. You have this effortless charm that is totally disarming. I pride myself on being an oak when it comes to getting bowled over by niceties, but you kind of wisped that away in much the same manner you would any sort of complement one would pay to you. Initially I had this feeling that you were exercising the time tested skill of false modesty, then I would swing over to the other side and thing you maybe had a low opinion of yourself. But what I have come to realize is that you are the real deal. Someone who honestly and truly puts others before themselves, and gets pleasure from seeing others lifted.

I sincerely wish I was not on the other side of the country; it would have been truly awesome to see you in your element, as opposed to just play-by-play via chat. But in actuality seeing you in lectures and in some photos with people, I can only assume I would have felt like I should be sitting at the kiddies table. I doubt, however, you would let me feel that way. Even with a social handicapper like myself you would have prodded and poked me into chilling out and conversing like a normally adjusted human being. That’s just your style.

Our FB interactions have been more or less nil, though I have immensely enjoyed following the progress of your various endeavors via the feed. I know you have my email, and a bazillion ways to contact me and vice versa, so I won’t inflate this too far. But you are definitely one I will miss having that kind of access too. Though sometimes the magnitude of those posts make me feel like I am just kid playing in a sandbox by comparison.

I guess to sum up, you are pretty cool and all.

Today was a great day, but tomorrow our FBfriendship will end,

Curt