Dear Readers,

It is with a heavy heart that I take pen in hand to address a few lines to you. The past few years have been very rough on me physically. I live in constant pain and my life consists of surgeries, complications, more surgeries, and more complications. I am constantly shuttling off from one doctor’s appointment to the next, or at least that is how it seems. I’m 43 but now look like I’m 65 from the strain. Truthfully, this has been a long time coming and I’ve had a draft of th...