Hey Mike- true to form I've never heard from you again.

...Michael.... I appreciate everything that you said, but you've always been good with words and not actions.... I guess we'll see.. So, are you sober? What's your story? No lies. I only judge people who lie.

....Have you done anything like that in the last 25 years..? Based on the way you greeted me- I would guess the answer is No.

How did you find me on Alopecia World? I need this support group and I don't want to have to leave

I may have lost all of my Firey Red hair, but I sure haven't lost my temperment, Michael. And as long as I live and fight for my health and happiness and the health and happiness of my family and the good people (and there are many!) with like-hearted souls, I never will.

If you don't come back with a very VERY very sincere apology, Mike, then don't come back at all.

Best Friend..?? Have you looked that up in the dictionary lately?

Best friends don't make each other feel like SH**t for being honest, and best friends don't come to town and avoid each other, Mike. Best friends don't show up every 10 years and try to call each other best friends.

Best friends don't fake an illness to join a support group then try to lay guilt trips on people who never did anything wrong to them- people in fact, that THEY've wronged- without even an apology. How dare you try to give me guilt "I didn't know I'd have to try to find my best friend" crap when you were the one who abandoned ME- and dare to show up and the first words out of your mouth aren't even "I was wrong" or "I am sorry". Or even "Oh Leah, so sorry that you're suffering- since I found you on a disease support group website..." Wow, you never change. It's the Mike Show...starring Mike- all about Mike, For Mike, By Mike.

I am more than 1500 miles and 4 years gone from any scrap of the life I had when you last found me, and I have killed myself to make it so. I'm a homeowner, business owner, proud mother of a High School volleyball star, High School Drama department VP, employee at a corporate headquarters for a successful company and spend weekends on the beach. I don't know who you are, and haven't known who you are since I was in the SEVENTH GRADE, Darlin'. Since then you've hurt me each and every time you've showed up. Well Sweetie I finally out grew that old heart of mine and have a whole new one- and life. I'm stronger than you and I always was.

This is MY world here, a world full of people who are all strong and faithful to their human bonds; people who reach out across the world to support other like souls who know what it's like to OVERCOME, Mike. Look THAT word up in the dictionary: OVERCOME.

Don't bother, Cheryl.. he's not losing his hair and he doesn't belong here.

Mike how did you find me, and why HERE Of all places??