Thank you Mac There are some people throughout our lives who will have a lasting impact on us. For me, there have been few such people. One of them was Mac. Mac gave me the courage to be me. He gave me the confidence in myself to stand up and dare to accept a challenge, and even make a few myself, even when everyone else had said it was wrong. He taught me how to be graceful, a quality I have struggled a good deal with in my life. Most of all, he taught me it was ok to be human, and, to show emotion. He gave me these things, because he displayed them himself, and encouraged it in others. I have just one regret. I should have said "I love you" when we spoke, and not just "hugs and kisses". To display love, to accept and give it, is a lesson you have not taught me, until today. Thousands of miles, and an ocean away, a tree is being planted. It will grow honestly, with strength and be beautiful, just like my friend Mac. Rhianna