Jo,

Sorry for the delayed response. Had some minor issues to deal with that ended up taking longer and more energy than I had initially thought.

I understand the feeling of wanting to just get away from the daily grind and then feeling guilty because other people do have much worse things to deal with. (If there were a way to take a vacation form my neck and mouth......I would be the first in line to sign up.)

Remember what I had said earlier - We were given this path for a reason. Maybe we will learn why, maybe not. But family and friends are a witness to how we deal with our problems. I would like to think I'm a good model for how to deal with adversity for my kids. Conversely, my voicemail still has my old message attached (pre-speech impediment). It confuses the heck out of people, but I can't bring myself to re-record it. So maybe I'm not as comfortable as I need or should be.

Although it can get lonely sometimes, you're not along in your struggles.

Glad to hear your family weathered the hurricane without too many issues.

Had to laugh about your chicken gas in the sky story....