I am sorry that you are having trouble with your friendships right now. But maybe you should look at it in another way - maybe something is going wrong in their lives right now and they don't have the energy to respond to you. The day I had to put Oreo to sleep a friend called and asked me a question - because of Oreo and Snoopy had another seizure that day and I had to run to the town where my mother lives to take her to the doctor, I never got back to her. MY life was overwhelming right then and I just didn't have the energy to take on anything else even that of a good friend's. I just ran in to her the other day and had to explain why I didn't get back to her.

On the other side, sometimes something good is happening and just kind of taking over your life. Having Christy and the baby and now Brian here is great. But with the baby and 8 dogs and Christy and Brian wanting computer time, phone calls, e-mails etc. sometimes get put on the back burner.

So chin up, today will most likely be a better day - and if it isn't, eat chocolate! Seriously do something nice for yourself and do your best to keep a positive attitude -- and let me tell you I know that is not always easy!!!!