Howdy y'all. For those of you who watched Super Bowl XLIII last night, I take it you weren't disappointed. That was one heck of a game. I was pulling for Arizona myself so there's some disappointment on my end. Still...they came to play and took the top defensive team in the NFL down to the wire. Great stuff. The halftime show was pretty awesome too. Glad we didn't have wardrobe malfunctions with Bruce Springsteen hehehehe. At any rate, the Super Bowl was not what I was adding an entry about, though I felt obligated to do so. What I was really wanted to share was an incredible reminder of just how I don't have any problems. How there are people who are a lot worse off than I am and I need to learn not to complain when things don't go my way. You see my dad has been seeing a psychiatrist for his Bipolar disorder. I won't use the psychiatrist's name out of respect for her privacy, but she's been through so much within the past year. My mom and dad received a letter from her updating them on what has happened in her life. She has a nasty inoperable brain tumor that she's been receiving intense chemotherapy to treat. During the time of her treatments, her husband committed suicide. Now after saying all this, you would think that the letter she sent would be full of bitterness and self-pity but the surprise was that it wasn't. She kept the tone very upbeat and faithful and that might be the only reason I didn't start to bawl after reading what she's been through. I just can't imagine going through so much in one's life and still being able to stay upbeat and positive. There's only one thing that can make a person that strong and she admits to that herself in the letter. That's the love of Jesus Christ that she's accepted into her heart and it has brought her such peace. Now I realize that there may be some who view this who are not religious and understand, I'm not trying to offend anyone here. I'm just stating it how I see it and I have the right to do so. Even if you're not a part of a particular faith community, I would hope you'd still get the message from this that, when it comes down to it, there's really no need to complain. It want change a thing to do so and besides, there is likely someone going through a whole lot more than you could imagine. I can guarantee you I will try not to complain about anything petty this whole week, even the team I was pulling for losing the Super Bowl. Have a great week and, a good six more weeks of winter if I heard the report correctly about the groundhog. Haven't heard whether or not ole General Beauregard Lee saw his shadow or not. Not that I really put much stock in the groundhog predictions anyway. Later.