A very happy and healthy New Year to all GOT members and lurkers.
As with Christmas, this evening being New Year's Eve can be a very melancholy and sad time for many. My thoughts and understanding are with all those in this community who are struggling with personal battles at the moment. I can, and have, felt your pain.
It is also a time to take stock and look forward. Whatever hopes you have for the coming year, please try to look after yourselves mentally as well as physically. Having the courage and strength to talk about our problems and seek help when needed, gives others the courage to do so also.
I salute the bravery and honesty of the folk in this thread, the humanity expressed in peoples anxieties and issues, and the overwhelming generosity of spirit and kindness shown here every day. People should be very proud of their contributions in this thread. This is, not merely a random online collection of Evertonians and football fans, but clearly something much more fundamental and enduring, lending support and advice to others every day.
Look after yourselves. When you are strong or stronger, it is not only you that benefits, but your loved ones and families.
Keep fighting and keep hoping.