Originally from: Quita
                        
Mike,

Powerful stuff! The bit about people needing to have their truth acknowledged is very important – without that happening, many people cannot move on. Some people who have read my book have rang me up, wanting to talk, even after all this time, about every detail of what happened to them (and, in some cases, we have cried together). I feel that healing can't take place until the whole truth is out about what happened during the FMD crisis and people have said that they are sorry (although I know that's pie in the sky!). In my view, it's nothing to do with punishment. People still feel so wounded – and also so many feel that they let their animals down – and they cannot recover properly until the truth is told.

And, yes, we can still enjoy today, but we are all aware (and frightened) of the Animal Health Bill and SI843 hanging over our heads – and we all realise that the future for the small farmer in this country is very dim – so we feel that we must keep on fighting, however much we would like not to!

Love,
Quita