Sometimes we all get so busy and jaded that we forget that there is still some good in all of us - just as Anne Frank said. It was much easier to believe this when I was younger, and even easier before I moved to LA. But after being in the toughest business in the world AND living in LA for over 3 years now, I have also become as jaded as those old folks we see at our family reunions - you know, the ones we say we'll never be like. I have always been accused of being TOO optimistic (by those pessimists), so when I realized how jaded I had become, I was very concerned about my future. Would I end up a reclusive old woman with no social life and a million animals as companions? Would I be that mean old woman that yells at kids who play on her sidewalk? Would I descend into depression?

Well, the typical Jenn Korbin answer would be HELL NO! And thanks to so many wonderful people as of late, my REAL voice can be heard again.

Some of the people I thought WOULD (or should) be there for me after a fire destroyed my home (and an operation a week later) were not. And yet, the people I LEAST expected to come to my rescue did! Some of these were people I had left on bad terms, others I hardly knew. But these relative strangers renewed my sense of faith in people once again. Now, I can honestly say that I DO know who my friends are. Thank you.

People have contacted me from all around the world - Australia, England, Wales, Indonesia, Germany, Spain, all over the US......people who only know me from a photograph, but who care enough to let me know they are thinking of me or to offer help. Some started disaster funds for me, some sent me clothes, some just called to say they were thinking of me. All of them are my friends.

I admit, I am still a little disappointed in some of the people who I assumed would come to my aid. At the same time, I am INCREDIBLY touched by the amount of good will extended to me and my family by others. NEVER in my wildest dreams had I imagined that there were so many people who had even heard my name, much less would take it upon themselves to go out of their way for me. I truly underestimated people. Thank you for setting me straight.

There is nothing I could possibly do or say to express the amount of gratitude I feel as a result of you good people. I feel as if I could never repay what you have done for me. So, I will begin with the warmest, most sincere thank you I have ever uttered. If ever YOU need a friend, do not hesitate to call on me.

Love,
Jenn