I want to apologize to all who are waiting for responses to e-mails and requests for one thing or another. It has taken me 6 full weeks - can you believe it's been six weeks since Sid's placement - to get my head and heart together enough to even want to get back to work on the website and Etsy. Needless to say, I am so far behind in everything that I barely know where to start. Complicating the situation is my back. The injections helped a little, but not enough to allow me to do the exercising and walking I need. With all good intentions of taking a short walk (very, very short) outside this morning, I stepped out, walked around the pool, and hurt so much I had to come in the house, take a pain pill, and lie down for an hour. I guess it will be water exercises for the foreseeable future.
I especially want to write personal e-mails to some of you who have been going through tough experiences. It will take awhile, but I will get to them.
Anyway, I went to Miami this weekend to stay with my oldest and dearest friend. We have been friends since the FIRST GRADE. We have seen each other through every triumph and tragedy that life has thrown at us, starting with the death of her 8 year old brother from a brain tumor when we were children. Being with her, being away from my own house and the nursing home for a weekend did me a world of good.
So I am back to my life, with some sort of resolve to make the best I can of it. A new blog will be posted this afternoon.
Joan, just start with today and catch up on the past as you can. If anything was pressing you would have heard from them. You need to rest and have been. We miss you here but know you come first now. You have to recover both physically and emotionally from the exhaustion of the past.
Good to hear that you are focusing a bit on yourself, Joan and I agree with Charlotte. Don't take on too much yet. Six weeks is barely enough time to begin to get your bearings. In my experience, I continue to have good days and some very bad/sad days. Sending good thoughts and (((hugs))) to you!