Glad to be of service, that's what I'm here for! I'm very happy that you're remembering the joy, because it can be too easy to let the sadness and fear dominate (they are such STRONG emotions and more than ready to eat you alive from the inside.)

These discussion with you have actually been really making me think about why I feel or think the way I do about certain things, and work harder to express myself. (Work in progress, that.) And they remind me, as does your present, of how much I enjoy the Buffyverse but also how much I love Buffy, in all her aspects, in all her complexity; and that I want to spend more time with her the deeper I dig, not less. I want to be someone who is unafraid to say why I love Buffy, or her relationships to other characters, and why she's important even if it's not fashionable. Because I'm opening my own lock-box. (Great metaphor, that.)

Also, you've been so prolific lately that I'm kind of embarrassed about how not-prolific I am, so I can use you as motivation to get going.