October Can Be a Little Tricky...
October has been a little rough the past few years. Mind you, it hasn't been that way. But if you've read most of the posts in this blog, one from exactly three years ago ( October 24, 2012; "Octobers Haven't Always Been Rough..." ), you might remember that Octobers have been a little dicey over the past few years. I still like October, for the most part: My birthday falls in October, as does Halloween; the weather starts to cool off a little (even in Florida - or maybe it just feels that way, since the heavy humidity of summer is gone); the holidays are right around the corner. Also, the local Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure happens at the beginning of the month, which is almost always a positive event, held with a party-ish flair. Good stuff. But then there's the flip side: Nine years ago today, my late husband died. He's thought he'd never marry again after losing his previous wife to breast cancer. (This partly figures into why I started walking...