Hi everyone. It's been a rough year for me. In May I lost my father after being hospitalized for 6 weeks. I also lost 2 cousins a week before and a week after. During that time, my brother was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer and he died 3 months after the diagnosis on July 27. This past Saturday, my wonderful aunt who was like my 2nd mother died too. It was also sudden. In between all this, I guess my body went into shock because I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, Sjogrens disease and Lupus. I was very sick until recently when the meds started to finally do some good. All this stuff began happening in March and since then, 2009 has been nothing but h*ll for my family and me.

I know that losing our loved ones is all a part of living, but it seems so unfair for my family to be hit so hard all within a 6 month period. I really hope that 2010 is going to be a lot better than this year.

Thanks for listening.