Hi KS,
I want to reply with the same gratitude to the board and to everyone who posts regularly, or visits now and then.

So many times, I have come to the boards feeling lonely, estranged and misunderstood.

But there is a comfort whenever I log on and read the challenges, the victories, and the common bond of experience that we share.

This time of year is a time of renewal and hope. I have been having a very hard time with escalating pain/burn levels, and while I try and accept my condition, and try and manage it moment to moment, I also try to maintain hope that it can someday change for the better.

Sometimes my log-in name (Hope4thebest) belies my state of mind and body...I confess that sometimes I feel hopeless....

But, without sounding maudlin and sentimental, when I looked at the bare winter branches, and see miraculous green budding leaves, appearing from seemingly dead wood, I am reminded of hope and renewal again.
Love to everyone,
Hope4thebest xoxoxox