After some interesting PWS chats lately, including our discussion about whether or not to tell others about our children and PWS, I couldn't help but think about the broader issue of how each of us as individuals and families see PWS differently. It reminded me of the old story about 12 blind men standing at various places around an elephant. They were given the task of touching the elephant from where they each stood and then describing the elephant following their experience. Of course, each of the men gave a different, but accurate, report. The man standing nearest the skinny, flitting tail gave a very different description than did the man standing nearest the powerful trunk, and both were different from those who felt the massive, solid body of the elephant. The description