You're welcome. Glad I could make someone's day! LOL. The 'yang to your yin'. I know what you mean. I understand passion, hard work and drive and needing to be challenged. I love research. I have an awful lot of respect for people like Jubelin. Our police officers / detectives deserve more credit for what they do and see every day and how much of an impact it has on their personal lives and their families. Must be so gut wrenching to work so hard to get someone to court for committing a crime (even murder), only to see the perpetrator acquitted, sometimes on stupid technicalities or because of other people's incompetence or bad judges / magistrates, all the while dealing with the sadness and the compassion for the poor victim and their families. You'd have to have other strategies to cope and de-stress. We can only hope and trust that Jubelin and his team are getting much closer to finding out what happened to poor William to bring him home / give his families closure and lock the perpetrator(s) up for the rest of their natural life (since their is no death penalty in this country). Makes me so sad. I just don't understand how anyone could hurt another human being, especially a child. This world is so messed up sometimes. I try to see the good in people and in this beautiful world of ours, but the news lately is just making me disillusioned. It doesn't take much to be a decent human being. I'm hugging my child even closer tonight. I sincerely hope victims of other crimes and their families and friends get the answers / closure they need and appropriate justice is served. A friend of my family is missing too (that's another WS forum). The not knowing is heart wrenching for her family and friends. When I was a teenager, my Grandma had Alzheimer's and walked out the front door of the nursing home she was in, and disappeared. We and the police searched for three days. We were lucky (my Grandma had found an unlocked car on the street in a nearby suburb and climbed in and went to sleep). The poor owner of the car found her (he was so nice and understanding). She was hospitalised for dehydration etc but she came back to us until she passed about 8 months later. The point is, I think that is why I'm here on WS. I know how hard it is have a loved one go missing (even it was only for 3 days in my Grandma's case, and there was no crime except some negligence on the carers' behalf) but it's an awful time not knowing if they are ok or not. I feel so much for William. He has stolen my heart, as he has lots of people in this country and around the world! Our kids are so precious.
William has certainly touched my heart, Daisy. I have a grandson who's about two(?) months older than he is. I also have four younger brothers and a sister who I used to cluck over like a little mother hen when they were young (they won't let me now nor will my kids :s)
I know DI Jubelin and all of the members of Strike Force Rosann will do their very best to find out what happened to William. I refuse to believe that he won't be found and if someone abducted him that they won't be held to account.
I hope your family friend is found soon and no harm has come to them. You must've been frantic until your Grandmother was found safe and well. However, I'm sorry for your eventual loss of someone who, no doubt, was very special to you and much loved.
I couldn't think of any more nobler reasons than yours to be a member of WS, Daisy. I understand your sadness, anger, frustration and confusion about people who harm others; particularly our most vulnerable. Let me assure you that as well as there being evil in the world, and even though we don't understand it, there's also a great amount of good - like you and our fellow WSers. That's what yin yang is about as far as I understand it; duality (i.e., feminine/masculine, dark/light, evil/good.). Equal but opposite.
Anyone who has a true passion; such as you (or DI Jubelin), needs balance. Otherwise they'll end up like one of Jack Kerouvac's 'roman candles'; spectacular while they last but eventually burnt out.