It has taken me awhile to be able to write this blog. You'll understand why after you read it. I write it with the blessings of the family. I received a call from the hospital where I work as a bereavement counselor saying that a baby had been born and as a result of complications in the birth, the baby wasn't doing well. The baby was taken to Denver so I waited to hear about the situation. A few days later, Julia, sweet Julia passed from this earth.

All around us is a lot of heavy news. From the celebrity news to the economy, we are surrounded by many things that we take in. Lately I find myself crying for no precise reason, except that I feel a lot of pain around. While I have not been consumed about the Michael Jackson death, it brings up a sadness that a man so talented wasn't joyful. The reason for that can be analyzed, but the bottom line is that he was hopeless. For him and anyone else in that position, I am sad.

Art and I watched a movie last night that never ceases to stop moving us: Ram Dass- Fierce Grace. The documentary details Ram Dass' recovery from a stroke. The movie is really an analogy about and for life.