The miracle is this....

[sage]

Ladies -- thanks so much for the visits and the support

Pam, PIB, Minnie -- I can always count on you guys to be there to buoy me back up and tell me "you can do it!".

Betsey -- your post touched me. Thank you so much for the "stepping out of the shadows" comments -- and it sounds like your adopted mom was a wise woman -- it will take as long as it takes. Can I tell h you think he's lucky?

Feeling lots better...got busy at work so that's helped. I am eager to go home though -- had a big lunch, feeling a bit draggy. Got to get my energy back for "errand night" (incidentally, h has sent me a couple of emails and reinforced on the telephone that he's psyched to run errands with me! What a big help that is and load off my mind!)

Sage