As Bettie West communicated to Wendy Apgar's starship:
 
 BW> Hi Wendy. I've  written before Hope you remember me...I've had you on
 BW> our  church's prayer circle for quite some time now and was 
 BW> hoping for more hopeful news from you by now. I'm sorry 
 BW> your still having a time both with the medicare system and 
 BW> your health. one does not help with the other I 
 BW> understand..Do try to keep the faith, they say, god never 
 BW> gives you more than you can handle and there are times we 
 BW> hope he knows what he's doing, cause we're not sure.    And 
 BW> it is hard to understand why he gives one so much to handle 
 BW> but I hope you'll hang in there and I hope to hear more 
 BW> positive news from you shortly..take care and do write when 
 BW> you have the time and inclination..god Bless..         as 
 BW> always, Bettie
 I think that right now there is good and bad. I've gotten
 to the place where I am not as worried about medicare. I can
 hold onto the fact that Steve won't just drop me and that
 God placed him in my life and he has been a wonderful
 therapist and has helped me in so many ways.
 The good thing is that I am doing so much better at 
 listening to my body and not overdoing it. This is
 especially true when I have been rubber stamping, or
 on the computer. I take a break and go back to it and
 I don't hurt for a week after stamping for a day. Even
 if my stamp stuff stays out for a week.  :-)  I have a
 very small apartment so that used to be something that
 was really hard for me...I'm the perfectionist sort.
 It's been nice to finally begin to be taking care of
 me. Really healthy.
 So there is good and bad. The flashbacks from my past
 keep surfacing more and they are really hard to deal
 with, but at the same time it helps me to understand
 some of my behavior patterns so that I understand them
 and can eventually learn to change them.
 It's a struggle to cope financially with the RX, but
 thankfully I've had a number of small card orders that
 has helped tremendously with that.  They trickle in
 and so I haven't had to go without. And I have friends
 that loan me the money on a temporary basis if I ask,
 and a church who will help if it is needed.
 This year I also haven't pushed myself as far as gifts
 go. I am giving a number of people cards, and some of
 those will be after Christmas gifts since it would be
 too much to push myself for everything. That is so
 different than what I did last year! Pushed myself
 doing x-stitch and haven't stitched at all this year.
 I'll probably go back to it again next year.
 Wendy
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... Jesus is the reason for the season!
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