Thanks so very much, Donna and Joanna. I am beginning to feel as if this on-going grief is such a focal point. Trying hard to loose this devastating streak we've been on. I keep looking up to the heavens asking if I've reached my quota yet. Holding onto my sense of humor, because if that goes, I'm a gonner.

Another saving grace has been the banter on LCT. It makes me so happy to post and loose myself when focusing on the various topics being discussed.

Yes, Donna, you just don't know how much I'm looking forward to that D.C. trip next month. So many people that I've been longing to meet and several that are "old" friends that I'm so eager to see once again. We'll also be visiting with my cousins, who are almost my last living relatives, outside of my immediate family (sad, but true). They live in Silver Spring, MD. Sept. 29 can't come soon enough.