An Adorable Gabber 

How does one collect a group of total strangers and guide them

To compose two pages about the most intimate details of their life

Then require them to read their writings aloud to strangers?

With great care, compassion, and a good deal of gentle persuasion

Persuasion which extends beyond the classroom to include

Emails, texts, phone calls, and one-on-one meetings, if required.

Armed with only a box of tissues she begins the journey

First by pronouncing we generate a group name, a psychological necessity

In order to become as one, a rallying flag upon which we declare our mutual trust

Within weeks she has transformed the strangers into bonded friends

Friends who know each other’s deepest secrets

Entrusted secrets which will remain so for eternity

Her laughter is infectious, and it arrives repeatedly during the sessions

She announces the week’s topic: Sex and Sexuality (giggle)

Followed next week by writing about (giggle) your impending death (giggle)

She – part psychologist, teacher, mother-hen, sister, and cheerleader

We will always be glad that we encountered such a gentle, caring woman

Filled with laughter, joy and giggles galore schooling a class of Gabbers