Oh sqrlb8....you have touched my heart with both your wisdom and compassion. How rare to cross paths with someone who can inexplicitly read into my simple words and reach out with your intuitive zest to soothe my aching heart. Other than my beloved T, no one has been able to do that. I'm glad you are here too............. :

I heard a new song tonight by Richard Marx on his new CD titled "My Own Best Enemy". The song is called "Ready to Fly" and thanks to all of you, that is where I'm at right now. The words to this beautiful song are:

<font color="purple"> </font> ~I have been trying to open the door To the secret of my destiny.. And every new road I think is the one Seems to lead right back to me. I've looked for a way to be wiser.. A way to be strong.. Now I see the answer was hiding in me all along. And I'm ready to fly over the sun.. Like a rocket to heaven.. And I'm ready to soar Right through the sky.. Never dreamed I'd find something to lift me so high. I've always had wings but I wasn't ready to fly Restless, hopeless and misunderstood.. Like so many others I know. So busy trying to keep holding on... When I should have been letting go.. I was given the gift of finding the spirit inside me..... But i never really imagined all I could be The answer to all of my wonder is right in my hands. Now it's time for me to discover all that I am. I've always had wings.. Now I'm finally ready to fly.....

If any of you get a chance to listen to that song, please do. I hope it lifts your spirit as it did mine.