thanks for the note. had a really bad day yesterday, but feeling better today. we must all cling to hope that tomorrow can be a better day. we must take each day as it comes & continue to move forward, not backwards. that is how i feel when i start sliding into a depressive episode, like i am falling backwards into a deep, dark hole. today i see light & i'm trying to climb out of the darkness. we must keep trying to hang on to hope & not blame ourselves when life gets so hard that we just want to hide under the covers. sometimes it is ok to be weak, and i guess that is what is so hard for me to accept. i have always been strong, but in the last several years i feel myself growing weaker & not able to fight the depression as well as i once could.