Brilliant piece of writing Emily. I won't hold it against you that I thought I had quit my crying for the day and reading that brought some of it back up again.
This one went up this morning. I'm hoping to water my brain with some Miracle-Gro for more inspiration next time. http://www.alzinfo.org/05/blogs/seattle
I thought Lois was referring to the mess & clutter blogs--so I read that first. Love the new bed and kudos to you for assembing it. We used to go to the ACC show every year and I have many decorative pieces purchased there--among them, a few that were bought for me as surprises from Steve. They are my real treasures.