It was a pleasure to read; there are words, lines, phrases here and there where I hear myself, identify with the soothing nature of writing. You're human, you teach us in this piece that we all have moments of frutration, sadness, emptiness, failure -- that often aren't even seen by our closest loved ones. More of us need to hear that - talk about it openly - becuase we are all human. It was an article of "humanness" -- good for you on publishing.

(I have drafts too that I poured out and didn't publish...I totally understand that decision too! ;-)

Keep writing Ralph -- keep up the amazing work you do here and with your family!