December and January were too dark

toward the end of December I made my pilgrimage to go to Ohio to see the inlaws with my wife, after being there for a few days I received  word that my uncle passed away. It was unexpected, he passed away in his sleep, and being a thousand miles away from my family really didn't make me feel too great. I started the new year quietly with my wife and trying to adjust my on-line presence (per my NY Resolutions). And I can't help but feel that I really haven't done much regarding making any changes to what I do when I come online. Last August I started a second profile on Facebook to set apart what I do. I guess I'm amending that resolution to be that I will be online less, I'm not really a "guru" (or as I have proclaimed myself at times) MSNinja. and when I sign onto Facebook it just seems that all I do is say Happy Birthday to twenty people and poke at others. I'm not really quitting per se, I'm just going to try to focus more on me.  

Just being there

I was informed this week of a new Facebook program being implemented regarding users who post messages or content that could be seen as suicidal in nature. click here , Considering that I have MS and most of the folks I communicate with do also, depression is too common in the MSer community. Another thing to add onto that is the upcoming holiday season and the fact that it tends to be an overwhelming time for many. I have written about depression before, a very talented actor who was diagnosed with MS took his life previous post, regardless if you have MS or not, the holidays can be too much for some people we should have open ears