Thanks guys. The encouragement is really helping me.

Today was good. Except for the part when I cried in front of people (because we were talking about my recently departed stepdad), and now everyone suspects I’m human.

Other than that, things went remarkably well today. 1000 times better than I even hoped. We had a nice visit with my mom. It was funny — I had to remind her who Mr Bonnie was, and she was so happy for me and our marriage. Of course we’ve been married for over 20 years, but she was so happily surprised. And she got a big kick out of the kids; it was so good for her to be around them. She doesn’t remember much, but it was fine; she is happy and in good spirits.

All the other issues and concerns are working out. I’m getting the feeling that everything is actually, for real, going to be okay.

Anyway, tomorrow is about fun. We’re taking Mom out to lunch, then after we drop her back off, the family and I will head for the beach. I’m really looking forward to a relaxing day.

Not out of the woods yet, but things are looking good.