Year 9 has come and gone.  Thank you for the hugs and your continued support and love.  I did okay...kept busy doing yard work and being outdoors. 
Sadly, just 5 weeks ago my sister Nancy joined us in losing a child.  Her oldest daughter Leigh, just 38 years old, died of complications of abusing her body with drugs and dirty needles for the past 2 years.  Her body was full of infection to where it destroyed a valve in her heart and was literally eating through her lungs.  She was admitted into the hospital the 29th day of January and was there until she died the 14th of April.  It was a long, hard battle for my sister.  She and Leigh had been estranged for the last 2 years since Leigh gave birth to a drug addicted baby boy.  We all hoped that after Leigh had Beckett that she would get help and get control over her life, but that didn't happen.  Her younger sister has had guardianship of Beckett since he was about 4 months old and just days before Leigh died Jenna adopted Beckett. 
That makes all 3 of us sisters having lost a child...all in the last 9 years.  At least we are able to really understand and be there for each other, even though that is the last thing we would have ever wanted.
I am not on here nearly as much as I have been in the past, but I still check in and think about all of you so often.  I love you all and appreciate your friendship so very much.