Here's To You ....

..... to all of the amazing women (and men) that I've met on this path ..... all of you who are in this Circle with me ....... and especially to all of you whom I will not get the pleasure of meeting face-to-face this weekend ..... here's to you.

I am going to this Conference for me, of course ..... but I'm also going for those of you who can't.

Linds was one of the first people who encouraged me to go .... to go for her, and so I am.

I'm going for Kristy, Lorry, Jeri, Jessica, Chris, Luanne, Brenda, Suzann, Laura, Lisa, Silvana, Tracey .... to all of you I've "met" through the blog or other widow sites and who've supported me more times than I can count. I know I'm leaving off many, many names. Please forgive me. My muddled brain may have forgotten your name, but my heart holds on to you dearly.

And to my those in my local Circle who had to stay home, Kelly, Carole, Lou Ann, Mary, Michelle and Sherri ..... TANW to thank you enough.

I am leaving in about 30 minutes and my hands are shaking so hard that it's difficult to type. So yes, my body was demanding a Xanax ..... which it got, because that seemed better than a margarita (or 4) at 12:00 in the afternoon.

I will take lots of pictures and try to take many notes so that I can remember as much as possible to tell you when I return. It will help that there will be 3 others from my Circle with me so between the four of us we should HOPEFULLY be able to remember a lot!

You will all be in my heart this weekend.

Take care, my friends ....... and Peeps.