That is wonderful news!  Congratulations and give yourself permission to enjoy this new blessing and addition to the family!  It takes a long time, but eventually if we're lucky we get to the place that we just make peace with the way things are, and put the long lenses on our cameras.  When I look back at my first post(s) I can hardly believe it.  I was in such a bad place.  Things never changed a whole lot with my DS, but it just seemed to fade more into the backdrop of my life.  I got a better life and have a different and more healthy focus now.  It takes time and I know if I can do it, anyone can.  I'm still here with and for you, Sad, and for anyone else on the website who needs an old veteran's shoulder to cry on although I don't come here very often any more.  I'm grateful for all the people who helped me here.  But I am darned grateful most of all that my life isn't sucked up in worry and sadness over my DS.  I've left that in bigger hands and do what I can do and don't worry about what I can't. 

B -  You know…I used to hand others my "report card" and give them the power to grade me. Not any more! 

That's wise, Pooh…and useful. It's kind of an avalanche thing for me. My take is that it's healthy and necessary to acknowledge this stuff. Then I have to be careful to not get stuck there or the blessings fade. Love you guys!

Wise judge

I hope everything goes well.

I, for one, go that at times, too…P. I wonder if we all do? Listing everything we are grateful for isn't an eraser. The list of what we would like to be different doesn't go away, including the sense of injustice and unfulfilled expectations when it captures our focus. Sending love...