Please excuse the RANT!

Thanks, Bob. Fortunately, I have a good team built around me and they have done most of the work on this one, as I have been in Florida dealing with my parents. I worry more that I have been the one not cooperating with my team and pulling my own weight. Thanks for the kind words. JP

JP, Great rant and the responses were enlightening.  Thats alot of stuff all at once, no argument.  You are a good man for making those choices for the benefit of your parents even though they may not understand at the present.  God, the Father, made such a choice a tough choice when he allowed his Son, not just to die; but to be abused, ridiculed, and crucifed.  He gave his life willingly so we all could have eternal life after death.  As a Latter Day Saint (LDS/Mormon), we have a scripture that is a response to prayer from one suffering in prison about all of the anguish and persecution they have endured.  His recorded answer gives me streght and I wanted to share with you, should it help you any.  It is from the book Doctrines & Covenenats (D&C) chapter 122, verses 7-8, which reads: 7. And if thou shouldst be cast into the ^apit, or into the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the ^bdeep; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements combine to ^chedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of ^dhell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee ^eexperience, and shall be for thy good. 8 The ^aSon of Man hath ^bdescended below them all. Art thou greater than he?  That gives me strength when I am feeling overburden.  In my day-to-day laymen terms,...it builds character.  And brother, it sounds like you are risng from frame to masonary buldings. You sound like a great guy.  Thanks for posting your feelings and the guidance it spawned.  I certainly learned from it. Joe

rant away JP, you made forget about my problems for a while so thanks! Carbonblob