HI everybody, thank you for the responses. It's true that you can read all you want about something, but to read how people are dealing with things is much more helpful. I hope you don't mind if I read more than I post, because my time is limited, (I LOVE it bluelakelady - when my new foster daughter arrives,age 16, I will have CHICK POWER in my house! TOO COOL! I love that phrase, CHICK POWER!) but more because my journey is just beginning as far as fm goes, and you all seem to have been on this path longer than me and as my Irish grandda used to say, " You can't hear when you're talking!" I have alot to learn about how to find acceptance and how to live with fm, and I am learning so much from all of you. My mom has fm, and she has led a very difficult life and her spirit is just depleted now for the past several years. It makes me hopeful to read about people who are not depleted by fm, so once again, thank you so much for sharing your stories. Right now, I am going to go to the lake with my boys and float in the canoe....watch the world go by...maybe fish a bit if my right shoulder permits it (see what I mean about acceptance

?) Thank you all so much, I hope in some very small way I will be able to share my lake with you all! God bless, Marirose