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Yes, That's right.  It really is a new entry on my site. I've been away from my blog for a long time now.  Beginning In early June, several things happened that led me to eventually take some severe turns in my life.  Things have been hectic, satisfying, difficult, challenging, reassuring, and everything in between. Now ...

continued from Part 1... Heaven was missing. Tuesday Evening, June 27 On my way back to Spokane I felt helpless.  With my cell phone on the fritz, I hadn't checked messages since before leaving Butte Monday morning.  I wouldn't be able to do anything proactive until I got back home.  Considering that I'd spent much ...

As I mentioned in my previous update, between an accumulation of both work and personal issues, I had gotten pretty stressed out by mid-June and was planning to take some time off.  Unfortunately, with no one to help out, I couldn't really completely walk away from work for any extended time.  The best I'd be able to do would ...

Between work and home, the challenges have been significant the past few months. Heaven and LinkFirst, regarding Heaven's situation -- it's over.  I took her back to live with her mother this past Wednesday, and most of her belongings here are gone.  It became clear to me that my help was in fact, not helping.  After ...

Sorry for the long delay in updates again this month. As usual, things are crazy these days. Unfortunately, the degree of craziness is even higher than usual. Heaven's situation became a bit more complicated these past few weeks. Due to a variety of circumstances, she's being forced into changing to a high school in the district in which ...