1281 M5 sent this in from her bedroom in Chicago using the SOTM Flickr group. She wrote: “My friend Diane sent me a beautiful email one day about how I was a tall ship in the sea...standing proud and strong and many, many other good things.

“It has stuck with me through some low and horrible times. I'm on my way to being that tall ship again...might have been one all along.

“Wish I could find the email. Wish I could type more. But my sister and brother in law are sleeping in my room, and they probably don't appreciate the typing.”