True to Form....but...

Most sentences explaining something about yourself that have the word "but" in them are really veiled, or not so veiled excuses or rationalizations. So look at my title again.  BUT, there are some valid excuses, which in that case they aren't really excuses, they are explanations. I have not written for quite some time, BUT I did not feel like writing....or didn't want to put in black and white most of what I have been thinking....serious illness reared its ugly head just about the time of my last post...it isn't over, it hasn't gone away, but it is a work in progress, hopefully a recovery in process.  Unfortunately, we won't know that unless or until the other shoe falls. Negative will be a sign of positive. How's that for a riddle for someone to have to solve. I don't need to go into detail because my close friends and family and others somewhat in my life know what there is to know at this point.  Roles have changed, plans have changed, yes, life has changed. No one goes through this life without some (or a lot) of these inconvenient (that's a euphemism, of course) events. So I don't say, Why me? Why us? Just open your eyes and you will see that this is life....sometimes superb....a lot of the time...just ho hum, and now and then.... yikes ! Many people have walked in these shoes, but each time someone does it's never really the same. We are walking along a road that others have walked and they have left behind bits of information, small discoveries, subtle options, faint clues, that give hope so that those of us who are following that road  now can benefit from a journey that may not have ended at the destination earliers hoped for. If our road reaches the destination we want, we shall be very blessed.  If not, the fragments we leave along the way will help guide those who follow us, as there will be others. Oh...I think I see something ahead....it's a sign saying "Hope.....this way." I will follow it. Is it a mirage or is it real....I cannot say.