Thanks to all of you that responded to my question on pursuing further contact with Debbie (Jewels) .. with thread posts and several PM's ..
.. my choice is to not pursue any additional contact at this time and respect her privacy .. assuming the Post Office got my card to her or her family, they have had direct contact outside of PM's and straight up emails .. in addition, the Holiday season can and does suck up peoples time and energy .. after looking into some other ideas that were presented thru PM's, I find no reason to believe there is any cause to think there is any sort of worst case scenario .. there are only a few possible reasons that she is not posting or responding .. and I choose to believe it's either personal choice / lack of time / or possibly her medical treatments .. when and if I have any cause to think different, I will go the next step .. keeping in mind that Jewels has always remained positive with an upbeat attitude throughout most all of her ordeal, we should maintain the same ..
When we went thru the discussion on TX Tumbleweed (Randall) as it relates to leaving instructions .. I think a couple of things need to be reinterated .. Randall had, in fact, instructed a relative, I believe a grandson, to inform the thread of any news regarding his scenario .. that information was never forthcoming after Randall passed, and Torey (Rat) and I spent a good amount of time digging into the issue when TX disappeared from the thread .. to discover that he had, in fact, passed .. I knew Randall was living on a hope and a prayer near the end, as I had stayed in contact with him up until near the end and he was quite honest with me about it .. I would be no less forthcoming with any issue of this type as it relates to myself ..
During that same discussion, I stated, and I am stating it again, that should I disappear from the thread for what some might consider an inordantly long period of time (and keep in mind that I have disappeared in the past for sometimes a couple months) .. I ask that no worry or speculation take place and that even if a worst case scenario is discovered on me, that you celebrate the good visits we've had in the past and not fret over anything .. please ..
There are a few folks here on the thread that have my private email address ..