Oh my goodness. What a powerful experience. Kitan, please hug this young woman TIGHTLY and tell her I am so incredibly sorry for her loss. Her story brought me to tears and broke my heart.
This series was very important to me during a time of intense pain that has continued on and off for more than sixteen years now. At the time, Winter's Heart had recently been released, and I eagerly read through all of the available volumes and awaited the conclusion with much anticipation. I had been diagnosed with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, which is now commonly known as Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome. When I came across the Wheel of Time, it was so thoroughly engrossing that it actually seemed to put some distance between my mind and the pain while I read, and I spent (as I still do, I suppose, just not to such an extreme as then) almost all my waking hours reading, when I was not visiting doctors and physical therapists.
I am very grateful for The Wheel of Time as it gave me an extended trip into a fantastic world. It has made a lasting impression on me, and I have quite literally lost track of how many times I have read all but the last three volumes and I own multiple copies in paperback and hardcover, the White Book, the RPG and the Companion.
Requiescat in pace, James Oliver Rigney Jr. And thank you.
This series was very important to me during a time of intense pain that has continued on and off for more than sixteen years now. At the time, Winter's Heart had recently been released, and I eagerly read through all of the available volumes and awaited the conclusion with much anticipation. I had been diagnosed with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, which is now commonly known as Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome. When I came across the Wheel of Time, it was so thoroughly engrossing that it actually seemed to put some distance between my mind and the pain while I read, and I spent (as I still do, I suppose, just not to such an extreme as then) almost all my waking hours reading, when I was not visiting doctors and physical therapists.
I am very grateful for The Wheel of Time as it gave me an extended trip into a fantastic world. It has made a lasting impression on me, and I have quite literally lost track of how many times I have read all but the last three volumes and I own multiple copies in paperback and hardcover, the White Book, the RPG and the Companion.
Requiescat in pace, James Oliver Rigney Jr. And thank you.