You are the elusive one these days Ian. How are you doing buddy?
I know, the Holidays, Birthdays or other significant dates can still bum me out at times. I don't necessarily miss mine as you miss yours, but I do miss the functioning "family unit". I miss being with my boys.
Hope it gets more settled for you in the future. There's always reason to believe this year (2008) will be better than the last.
"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare." -Mark Twain