Grumpy Beastie's Other Lair

I am relatively okay and I am not hinting about anything about myself, but last week a few events happened (which are not my stories to share) that prompted me to remind everyone to please check on your quiet friends. Quiet does not necessarily mean everything is a-okay. Nor does it necessarily mean anything is wrong. But sometimes people are quiet because they are having trouble reaching out or "don't want to be a bother," and it can start a self-fulfilling cycle of feeling isolated. It can slip the minds of the best of and most well meaning of friends to check in on the ones you don't hear from.