Thank you so much for the ideal of the shadow box that is a great ideal. Bill built me and the boys a table showcase so I could use mine for that. The boys would love it.

Nights are really bad. I don't get to sleep until 3 in the morning and up by 7. A friend of mine called last night and we talked for 3 hours. She lives alone and has Fibro so we have a lot in common. Funny we met over the phone 3 years ago, have met only one time in person but we talk weekly.

My sisters and brothers have been calling me on a regular bases also so that has helped but as I said it's a job you have to do on your own to get through it. I'm also in councelling to try and deal with it but again when it's only an hour a week you still have 6 days and 23 hours to deal with it on your own. Thank God I do have you guys and I do have family and friends so I am very lucky on that one.

My stepkids are calling me regular also. After being their Stepmom for 34 years they love me like I'm their Mom. They lost their real Mom just 4 months ago so man are they having it rough. My stepdaughter says by calling me she still has a connection to Dad and they both said I'm the only parent they have left. I am blessed in a lot of ways.

I'm feeling better after my surgery. I am able to go to the bathroom both ways now and not suffer. The scar tissue had me so messed up, I was really having a time with that issue.

Thanks again for all of the help and support you have given me.

Love to all of you,
Ada

By the way Lisa, yes Christmas is going to be a duzy. Bill and I never ever missed one together. He hated being away from me and I was the same way. The only time we spent apart in these years were hospital stays and the 2 times he went to Ky. to see his Mom before she passed and I was too sick to go.