hi marling In a message dated 1998/10/23 04:31:58, you write: >... there is no room for me I guess I will stay up and work. not true there is room for you to squish in with them all if you just shove! [or kick the four-legged animals off the bed!] >...who may benefit if I stay around and keep helping. non-family members 'may' benefit yes but your family members 'would' benefit, 'are; benefitting more now >...Who am I to say what is full and what is just waiting for more? who are you to say? you are the only one who can say! you are unique and irreplaceable and are loved unconditionally and unrelentingly believe it or not >...and now I wait for my brother and I to join them. not until you are called and you cannot do the calling cause you are not the tourguide and don't have the map in the meantime... you and i are sisters-in-slime i seem to remember your decorating your slime-pit with rainbows to 'make it more cheery'... this looks and sounds like more cd to me can you see how much those grandchildren are benefitting from your being there right here and right now? how would they respond if you told them how tired you feel? why not ask them? out of the mouths of babes... my latest cd synopsis: clinical depression: is easily treatable but, untreated, can be terminal; is to sadness as skin cancer is to a sunburn; convinces its victims of their worthlessness; is common but concealed in toxic shame; is illogical distorted negative thinking; is an evil black magic 'wizard of oz' how are your meds? any changes? maybe it's time for a tuneup? have you taken the beck depression inventory lately? it's on my web-site i'm concerned about my slime-sister [but i am glad she decided to write 'nonsense' in the middle of the night!] janet janet paterson - 51/10 - almonte/ontario/canada http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/ [log in to unmask]