It's so easy to say "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year". Really, sincerely meaning it is another. Our daughter lost her job a couple of years ago and has yet to find one; the family pet died of heart problems; a brother and a sister had been diagnosed with cancer and we live so very far from any of them. I don't like separation of family, even tho' I know that in most cases it can't be helped. I'm trying so very hard to think positive, but it is easier said than done, and I'm sure others are in the same situation. My love to all of you and as my father used to tell me, "You do the best you can, and then you try just a little bit harder". Yes, Daddy, I'm trying.