Thanks, Bernard.

Art Thieme...I'm really happy for you. I'm glad you got it all worked out in a way that you feel good about.

rabbitrunning...Thanks for sharing your experiences. My experience has been that sometimes you find things, and other times, things find you...

...which brings me to Thyme2dream...I think you have hit upon the whole point of this thread. It is an effort to create for myself a new context within which, hopefully, I can bring joy into my experience of the holiday season in a new way. Thanks for sharing.

Alice...I'm sorry you had to go through that.

Carol