Hi dear ones, An amazing dream this week - First of all, I almost NEVER remember my dreams, even just upon awakening. Second, I am rarely IN my dreams, more of an observer. In this dream, I definitely was in it and woke up remembering it, even anxious in experiencing it. This dream (which I won't get into details about) ended up with me trying to get my "one" horse, whom I cared greatly for, onto a freight train. It was tied to the end of the train, which started to move. I knew that after a bit, the horse wouldn't be able to keep up with the train. I final got the train to stop so I could get someone to find a location on the train for my horse. After much search and people finding no space or simply saying NO, the dream ended up with, not one, but "two" horses left behind; the engineer didn't feel that either were worth putting on the train, one of them being too sick. The train pulled out without them. Now, how about that for a Freudian dream during this time of my life! It amazed me once I wrote it into my journal to so quickly grasp the symbolism - it's pretty obvious, and on this side of it, I find it pretty amusing. I'm getting used to my new body when I look in the mirror, though I still look rather like an experiment by Dr. Frankenstein, with big stitches almost around my whole torso. I'm feeling better all the time, seeing friends, having lunch out, etc. Once in awhile I feel that vulnerability, which continues to keep me from having clients right now until I feel much more consistently stable. Hormones have gone a bit crazy, I guess. My dentist explained that the reason my gums were so sensitive with this last cleaning was due to the surgery - a connection I never would have made, myself. Good news is no need for spinal surgery (from the fall backward I had sometime ago). Good news also is that a date is set for redoing the knee replacement, this time a full one, November 12. Justin and I feel very confident with this new doctor (I wouldn't ever have the doctor I had before, who would NOT pay attention to what was going on, and couldn't even read the X-ray, which I could see in front of me was telling us something was wrong!) We're anxious to get it out of the way, not so much due to holidays, but a vacation in February for Justin's cousins' reunion, this time in Arizona. Below is access to a video just sent to me by friend, Robert. When it started, I thought, "Why in the hell is some stranger's wedding of importance to me? Within seconds, I discovered why. It's interesting how the right thing is coming my way in the right time. This past couple of years hasn't been easy, but seeing this guy puts everything into such perspective. Many of you may be aware of him; before this video I think I'd only seen a photo sometime ago. http://www.youtube.com/embed/da5QQSxSsGY (You may need to cut/paste it if the link doesn't take you directly to the web.) -----DEFINITELY ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST INCREDIBLY COURAGEOUS HUMAN BEINGS!! Del October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.