When Someone Said Count Your Blessings Now Before They're Long Gone, I Guess I Just Didn't Know How

*sigh*...April...it was tough to get out of bed the last couple of days. There's so much swirling around in my brain about the next week and a half. I dread it. But at the same time, I don't because there are a lot of good things about next week; the sis-in-law's birthday, Miss R's 16th birthday (ok, that one is also depressing) and the sister and I also have a birthday. All good things. But, as always happens with this month, I'm so in my head about the negatives of the past. And I miss her...a lot...