throughout my life, i've had some really bad times. i've never really thought of "make it stop"....i was born during the depression and being reared then, you learn early that you have to deal with what you have....not what you wish you had. neither of my parents graduated from highschool, yet they were very smart in the way of the world. they lost their oldest son to a fire. i'll never forget how they dealt with that.

i also use my dry, and sometimes cutting, sense of humor to get me through the darkest days. i was relating a scene, out of my divorce, to a friend and his comment was that he was sorry that i didn't have a sense of humor anymore. i had him rolling on the floor, about something that basically wasn't very funny.

i don't believe we can "stop"it, anymore than i believe i can walk on the moon. you deal the hand you were dealt. xoxo pat