all joking aside (don't roll yer eyes yet, I can get serious once in awhile...LOL)

I want to say that one of the most positive things in my life is coming here to NT, reading about you guys, my HEROES...

all of you posting above me, and many others out there. Fighting, battling, standing tall through it all...

supporting eachother through the downs and laughing with eachother during the ups...

It brings a warmth to my heart, it gives me hope in humanity, it strengthens my belief that through it all: bad economy, war, famine(OK, maybe not famine, I don't want to eat a pilot. LOL) that there are REAL people, REALLY REALLY caring about eachother....battling out their demons, physical, mental and what not...

I can't thank you guys enough...for when I am down, when I am walking around in pain, all I need to do, is come here...and it brings me courage but even more...

HOPE....

always a humbling learning experience...always...

using one of my favorite author's book title to sum up what I am feeling right now:

A Tear and a Smile
(by Kahlil Gibran)

(shoot, I really hate it when I get sappy....LOL)