The Voices of Experience Matter

   I had a couple of great conversations with people yesterday who have gone through much of the stuff I am going through.  Scott and Tom, thank you.  Last week was a blur of down feelings, exhaustion, and the basic genuine crappy feel I have come to expect with this temporary new normal.
These two lifted my spirits and reminded me that what I am going through -- at least the mental part of it all -- is part of the package.  Without trying to describe the darkness I was feeling, let me just say that I had no energy to think and therefore probably no energy to fight.  My wife pointed this out to me at a time when I really didn't want to hear it but probably had to hear it.
   Nothing is easy.  I gotta keep going...