Update....

Just a quickie for now. Went to Woodruff last weekend to see Jennifer's parents. Her dad had had a stroke which was confirmed on Monday. He has to go back to the hospital on Wednesday for more tests. There is no paralysis this time but he does have numbness down his right side.
I know most of you know this by now and I meant to post when we got back on Sunday night, buuuut, well, you know how it is sometimes.

I've got an appointment with the doctor tomorrow mainly to see if there isn't something else we can do about these pesky allergies. Every thing I've tried so far just hasn't worked, sooo....

Since I don't have anything profound to say this time (did I ever?) I'll just have to quote somebody else:

Any attempt to get rid of painful feelings or memories is a judgement of them, and judgement locks them more firmly into place. The only way you can truly demonstrate unconditional love and acceptance of painful feelings is to allow them to be experienced and expressed consciously within you. They are from the past. You do not have to believe in them or identify with them. Just allow them expression. Allow them to be experienced within you. They will then relax. If they are truly accepted and experienced, they will dissolve, not because you are trying to get rid of them, but because you have truly owned and accepted them.