I think this is the first year in a long time where I didn’t sink into the deepest of the deep depressions. I only had a couple of passing blue periods.

I do believe that it is because of a few good friends who know enough to not let me wallow in sorrow, gloom, and reminiscences of family now gone.

They’ve let me find my path through everything the past has thrown at me. They never pointed me in one direction or another. They let my feet lead me on.

Thank you my dear friends.