For family, because life ain't always beautiful.

Life ain't always beautiful
Sometimes it's just plain hard
Life can knock you down, it can break your heart

Life ain't always beautiful
You think you're on your way
And it's just a dead end road at the end of the day

But the struggles makes you stronger
And the changes make you wise
And happiness has its own way of takin' it sweet time

[chorus]
No,life aint always beautiful
Tears will fall sometimes
Life aint always beautiful
But it's a beautiful ride

Life aint always beautiful
Some days I miss your smile
I get tired of walkin' all these lonely miles

And I wish for just one minute
I could see your pretty face
Guess I can dream, but life don't work that way


But the struggles makes me stronger
And the changes make me wise
And happiness has its own way of takin' its sweet time

No, life ain't always beautiful
But I know I'll be fine
Hey, life ain't always beautiful
But its a beautiful ride
What a beautiful ride

It's been a while. It's been two months...two months of rollercoaster emotions.

July saw dad diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer and weeks of waiting to hear just how advanced it is.

August brought our family holiday, the one high in the month, a job interview for Sam (no luck), back pain for me, and more waiting to hear about dad for all of us.

September brings a 60% chance of a cure, more waiting - 6 weeks for radiation to begin, and increasingly frequent back pain. Life is just a pile of poop sometimes but you have to be brave and get on with it.

I know I said I'd get last year's trip report finished before I had another to write, but I think I can cut myself some slack on this, for now :-)

Oh yes, and my Blog's a mess. I played around with it some time ago. Don't like it much but don't have the time to make it better!