Always,
I am sorry - no matter how necessary it is - for your upcoming D (are you and Lissie getting D's on the same day?? kismet), in that the whole road has been so fraught with peril and pain. you have shone so brilliantly through it all with your honesty and your light. I am so grateful for the insights you've gained, and shared with us here.

On that note, I have no adequate words for the wonderful, thoughtful, caring, sharing people on this DB board - on all the forums I frequent I am blown away by the posters (current and former) and their hearts that I see. Why not take this new year to tell you all so. You are strong, and caring, and giving even in your deepest heartbreaks. I am humbled to have found such a place to see inside your lives and dreams, and am encouraged HUGE by the fact that there are such people still living and breathing in this crazya$$ world we live in. Wish you were all here in NC so I could 'hug your neck' as we say.

cat,
how r u? i've had moments (too many) of my H close to the edge of sanity in his misery, and i think of your H. it's a very frightening thing to witness, isn't it, for anyone but especially for the one you love and cannot reach with any words or gestures.

been reading these boards a lot in the past few days. can't decide if that's good or bad -ha. not in a place to update yet. keep wanting to, but my energy is spent. it's exhausting to live here in stepford, believeyoume.

2008 has had 4 really suckjob days in it so far, but my inner [dumba$$] optimist still believes it has to be better than the last 2 have been. has to be, or to quote REM i may be Losing my Religion! I can't believe it's been a year since I was so excited to get rid of 2006, and 2007 was just as yuck, with no ML to boot! UGH!

I told someone earlier today that I'm holding up my tee-tiny Bic lighter in a very dark concert venue, in the (albeit faltering-) hope that God will show up for an encore performance. It's so hard to wait for Him to swoop in and save the day. But I do see where he's protected us, and I try to thank Him on a regular basis for all He is doing that I cannot see.


Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing! Is 43:18-19

If it seems slow in coming, wait.
It's on its way. It will come right on time. Hab 2:3

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