Stephen - Best of luck to you - and thanks for sharing your story.

I understand some of the things you talked about. Two years ago just before Christmas my wife gave birth to twins and one of the boys only lived 5 days. Six weeks later my mother passed away suddenly. And all of the memories keep coming back when the media is assulting us with commercial telling us that it's the "most wonderful time of the year". It's not easy.

In spite of that I'm grateful too. My wife was in an auto accident yesterday and it could have been a lot worse - just a fender bender. My son Brendan gets bigger and cuter every day. He's going to be a heartbreaker if I do say so myself. On top of that I have great friends to play music with. And place to play at. Thursday night rehearsals and playing for the public are like a tonic for me.

I'm glad to hear that you're doing better. Best of luck to you and your family. And the Mudcat was there for me too.