Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Hi everyone, I'm back.

Sort of a funny weekend. Good, lots of happy and enthusiastic people around, but because I was a bit stressed out and tired, I was "managing" my social exposure a bit- if I didn't feel up to crowds, I'd duck off into an out of the way place and do a bit of sewing.

I caught up with a few good friends that I hadn't seen for a few years. We keep in touch via social media, but I'm very cautious about how much personal info I put "out there", so "face to face" meant "how's the family" questions... so that meant bringing them up to date with what's been happening with my parents and our daughter... sometimes I just wish I had more good news to tell them. There is good news about our younger two, but then it feels unfair and unbalanced if I'm enthusiastically happy about how they're going when the others, particularly older daughter, are in the middle of such a hard struggle.

S'funny how good it can be though when a friend honestly admits that they don't know what to say. Much better than well meant suggestions that we've already tried out, and then some.