Red for the holidays It's hard to believe that it already is December 1. The days have flown by. Wonder if that is a sign of age? While I'm sure for many with great illness problems, time has more or less stood still. It's sort of like my ICU experience. I'd sleep and sleep and when I'd wake up on a new day, I'd think another day and I'm still here. It should have been with happpiness that I had that thought - there is the other alternative, but it was one of frustration. I was happy to go to sleep again.

Looking back this has been a really bad year for so many. Those who suffered in huricanes. Like myself, they should be happy to be survivors, but like all survivors, us included, there are so many changes. They too must learn acceptence. Then there are those who lost a loved one in the war. Their anger, while I can understand it, needs acceptance also, however being a fatalist, what difference is it if their loved one died in a different way, a car accident, illness etc. ? Isn't it always a case of being in the wrong place at a given time? How does one accept a person being fatally shot because of this? Perhaps we must accept this as life.

So, while this is almost the end of 2005 and we never dreamed what a year it was to be, a new year is just around the corner. Wonder what will happen then........? Will it be better or worse......?.Think I'll stick around and see. Wanna join me? You're all welcome!