[Elspode]

Trust me, Limey...we are in a rare time of life here, a time where we are seeing more roses than thorns. My family suffers the same trials and tribulations that everyone else does, and perhaps even a little more. If you doubt this, read many of my past posts.

I think what is different right now is that we are so consumed with the whole process, that there's little time to dwell on the difficulties. Even as we savor the newness and continue the hard work of setting up Home, we have job difficulties, two of four cars broken down and four drivers in need of them, one child entering treatment for major depression and suicidal ideation, a frighteningly dwindling bank account, the loss of two of our four cats...in other words, Life Goes On.

We just had to get tougher recently. The new Home is the reward for that toughening up.