The Funny Farm

Are you ok? Is there anything I can do to help make things better? If nothing else know that I am thinking about you and your wonderful family. I know that everything just works itself out. With every down there is an up. You will be able to brave this storm. Worse things have happened. Take a deep breath, get a huge bowl of ice cream, and then just take one day at a time. Remember that there are people here who love you and believe in you. We are your cheerleaders cheering you on in this new adventure. I am sending you a HUGE HUG from this email. Make one of your wonderful boys hug you and pretend it is me. I am thinking of you and know that the most challenging road makes the end just that much better. LOVE YOU!!!!!! Since I am not there to make you bake to forget your troubles, I am sending some quotes instead that make me happy. Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow. - Alice M.Swain If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old. - Ed Howe If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough. - Mario Andrette There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and leaving it behind them when they go. - Frederick Faber (This is you!) A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. - George Bernard Shaw It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis. -Margaret Bonnano The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. -Albert Einstein Choice, not chance, determines destiny. -unknown Live. A lot. Unleash yourself upon the world! Go now! And fly free in the frowning face of convention. Giggle. No, laugh. No, howl as if you've never grown up. Understand that this is not a dress rehearsal, this is it! Take it all in. Yes, every last rose and every single breath. And by all means, whatever you do, drive a real cool car. It's a dangerous business going out your front door. -J.R.R. Tokein

 That is an email sweet Andrea sent me after my last blog plea/whine. Just the thing to make me feel so loved & supported. Thank you all for your kind words. I really try not to take advantage & just rant all the time. At the same time, I do not want to be fake about how freakin' hard & terrifying this all is.


 So another day, another book down, & another really timely read about feelings of doubt & overcoming fear. 

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”

—	Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets

Thank you for continuing to pray & send good thoughts our way. Not sure how it ends for Harry, I think he dies...