For me putting a Message to Gerry in a few words is next to impossible.
Dear Gerry---how can I tell you that you have changed my view of the world and even of my place in it? I was a very introverted and reclusive lady who spent a great deal of time in depression! I wasn't even interested in computers until The Phantom of The Opera came into my life. Once that happened I HAD to learn computers to be able to buy things on ebay about Phantom, and to view pix and news of you!--- and that started the change in my world and life.
I didn't think I would want to be in a Forum, because I sorta wanted what I felt about the Phantom to be a secret inside me! My niece pretty much sat me down and made me join and I joined this Forum---and I stayed and made friends here--and I learned to express myself and my emotions.
I'm now in a Victorian Reinactment Group----dressing in Victorian costumes and going about various events with new friends I'd have never had before. I've long ago dropped being depressed except for rare occasions. And I am a different person. None of this would have happened had it not been for your heartfelt proformance as The Phantom.
Now I enjoy all your roles. And getting to know you through them has made me open myself to the possibility of a man in my life more than I ever would have been able to before. I no longer fear taking a step out without first making sure everything was nder my control.
That probably all sounds ridiculous, but for those of us ladies who have been where I came from---they will understand.
My heartfelt thanks and love, and ever devotion will be yours. No matter where I go in life---you will always be a part of me. You created worlds within me I never knew exsisted. Your acting has touched my very soul.