KICK OFF IS TONIGHT!!

TONIGHT IS THE KICK OFF FOR THE WALK TO END ALZHEIMER'S 2012 . VICKIE AND I WERE BUSY CONTACTING STORES, AND RESTAURANTS TRYING TO GET SOME GIFT CARDS FOR THE RAFFLE BASKET.  WE DID PRETTY GOOD TOO.  WE WILL WORK A LITTLE MORE ON THAT TODAY BEFORE THE KICK OFF.  IT HAS BEEN HARD FOR ME AND I THINK VICKIE TOO, AS IT HITS US BOTH SO CLOSE TO HOME.  MY LOSS IS MORE RECENT THAN HERS, BUT I KNOW SHE IS STILL HAVING THOSE DARK DAYS .  YOU CAN'T HELP IT WHEN YOU HAVE SHARED SO MANY YEARS, AND SO MANY MEMORIES WITH ONE PERSON, AND THEN THAT ONE PERSON IS GONE.  I THINK THAT OUR BEST FRIEND RIGHT NOW IS STAYING BUSY.  WE BOTH TRY TO DO A LITTLE SOMETHING TOGETHER EACH DAY, AND WE ARE GETTING READY TO START UP OUR EXERCISES AGAIN.  OUR NEIGHBOR MARTHA IS NOT DOING SO WELL RIGHT NOW.  WE WERE OVER THERE YESTERDAY, AND SHE WAS HARDLY ABLE TO SPEAK.  SHE SAID SHE HAS BEEN SPITTING UP STUFF, AND FEELING CLAMMY AND TIRED.  SHE LOOKED DRAINED, SO VICKIE AND I INSISTED THAT SHE CALL HER DOCTOR AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR TODAY (THE OFFICE WAS ALREADY CLOSED YESTERDAY).  SHE DID, AND WILL BE GOING AT 10:30 THIS MORNING.  VICKIE AND I ARE BOTH AFRAID SHE MAY HAVE DEVELOPED PNEUMONIA.  WE SURE HOPE NOT.  SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH TO GET THAT NOW.  WELL, YESTERDAY I HAD A LOVELY LUNCH WITH A DEAR FRIEND.  HER MOM ALSO HAS ALZHEIMER'S, AND HER DAD IS HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME ABOUT IT.  I TRULY FEEL SO BAD FOR HER AND HER PARENTS.  BEING THE ONLY CHILD NOW PUTS SO MANY ADDED BURDENS ON HER.  I KEEP THEM ALL IN MY PRAYERS.  I SLEPT PRETTY GOOD AGAIN LAST NIGHT, THANKS TO PILLS.  I HATE TO RELY ON PILLS TO SLEEP, BUT THE PAIN IN MY LOW BACK AND THOUGHTS ABOUT MY KIDS AND LIFE ITSELF, MAKES IT HARD FOR ME TO FALL ASLEEP ON MY OWN.  I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH WONDERFUL FRIENDS.  WE ALL SHARE THE SAME HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, AND DO OUR BEST TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE WEAK.  I GUESS THAT'S ME RIGHT NOW.  I KNOW I WILL BOUNCE BACK IN TIME, BUT TILL THEN I JUST KEEP PUTTING ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER.  I REMEMBER THAT MIKE WAS HAPPY EVERY DAY, AND WOULD ASK ME IF I WAS HAPPY TOO.  I DO MY BEST TO SEE THE GOOD THINGS IN LIFE AND I AM HAPPY TO STILL BE HERE TO ENJOY THEM.  SO TILL TOMORROW-DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY!!  JUST ME
P.S.  MY HANDSOME GRANDSON CANYON TURNS 16 TODAY!!!  WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE???