Quick reply :) No worries on 9 days to get a reply, I'm patient and you are very busy.

I don't know if I'll ever be inspiration for someone who is poor as every story is unique. However, if someone finds solace in knowing that someone else started collecting garbage and is now financially secure then I'd smile knowing my trials helped someone else.

As for those who were my friends from back in University? There were four of them. Tim, Cam, Mike and Jason.

• Tim is one I no longer have contact with. Long and somewhat sad story about choosing the right person as a mate.

• Cam I visited just last Monday. I still consider him a good friend but he never had children. It may seem like a small thing but a family man and a man without children have little in common and its hard to spend time together. Now that my children have grown, well, its time to start our friendship again.

• Mike I have not seen for a long time. He has had a hard road. Having a child that is on the spectrum (autism) makes things challenging. Having a wife who cheated on him and raised his children in a questionable manner made it even harder. He shut himself off from the world for a while needing time to heal, however, he has started to rekindle old friendships and I'm looking forward to getting together with him soon.

• I wish I could say that Jason was still a friend of mine. He had a genius that I wish I could someday compare to....but I'm not even close (and I won a Governor General award for academic achievement in 1987...proof available on the government website....although it was only a bronze award). He recently lost a battle with cancer and the world lost a wonderful person.

If you are curious perhaps I could find a picture of the crew from 30 years ago (when I was about your age)

As for the drawmatic and crowdventure...maybe you could send me a tag when the updates come out :)

Have a great day.