@kristin 

Hi Kristin.

I am saddened to hear things have been rough. This time of year should come with a warning label. When you say you are experiencing difficult times I truly wish I could hold my hand out and you could just pass them over to me. I would pass them to the Old Man.  And He would note it down in your book as an IOU. And He would be good for it. 

 you know that family is a trigger. You know that the symptoms come and go. You know you have the strength of will and character to keep going. To keep hoping.

THAT is the amazing thing about you. You continue to hope. And you express that hope. It's just incredible. 

That hope you express, even when you are riding rough, serves the rest of us as a beacon.

Now I understand the feeling of dismissal that that statement might bring. 

If nothing else good can come from all those years of pain and deprivation then the ability to share hope is good.

I mean GOOD

As opposed to the evil perpetrated against us. 

To metamorph the evil into such GOOD is a gift of grace. That would make you gracious!

So even with that internal monolgue that runs on an endless loop keep this firmly and visibly in your mind's eye.

You find hope!

You share what you find. If that's

I want you to be willing to recieve the gift you give returned as hope.

We live in a duality. We are alone. Yet we are far from alone. When you write to me I don't feel so alone.

Thank you Kristin for this gift of hope. 

If that;s you crawling out of your shell, then I truly wish I crawled wiith such grace.

You know hope endures!

Rick