I would like to thank everyone for their love and support during this time, but specifically:

Fabulous soprano MJ for calling me, sending a box of Raisin Bran Crunch, purchasing me some new snazzy attire, and making me laugh.

Fabulous soprano S. for calling to check on me.

Fabulous friend EG for calling to check on me and reading my blogs.

Fabulous friend AR for calling to check on me, reading my blogs, and suggesting Austin for my birthday.

E. Liz for Casa Ole, helping me go to the grocery store, encouraging me with my blogs, helping me with Em, providing the fabulous Mexican Cornbread casserole, giving me prenatal vitamins, helping me at the garage sale, checking in on me, generally doing so much, and making me laugh.

Fantastic commenter zrtist for extremely thoughtful…and dare I say…poetic…commenting.

Fantastic friend A0m0y7 for calling to check on me, encouraging me with my blogs, helping me go to the grocery store, helping me with Em, making me laugh, and generally everything she does.

All of those who read, comment, and encourage my blog.

Anonymous donor of extremely generous HEB gift card.

Fabulous soprano D. for the overly delicious chicken pot pie, potatoes, chocolate chip cookies, meatloaf, black-eyed peas, and sweet note.

Fabulous soprano B. for the simply divine homemade cookies.

Fabulous soprano M. for the absolutely scrumptious shrimp casserole, zebra meatloaf, darling present for Em, calling to check on me, and attempting to come and visit me.

Fabulous soprano L. for also attempting to come and visit me.

Fabulous friend N. for sending all of the cool things for Em’s room.

Anonymous donor of generous gift via card with cookies.

Fabulous soprano L. and fabulous friend T. for the lovely card via mail.

Fabulous alto J. for the lovely card via mail.

Fantastic tenor D. for the lovely card via mail.

Fantastic bass C. for keeping me company, encouraging me with my blogs, scheming to invent a more effective pill cutter, and making me laugh.

Everyone at the church for all their help, understanding, and support.

Anonymous donor who helped with cost of medication.

My boss for being so supportive and understanding.

Fabulous friend A. for bringing us lots of groceries, coming to visit, picking up my medication, helping me at the garage sale and generally everything else she has done.

Fabulous soprano K. Paige for bringing me groceries, making the “Lori is bipolar” speech, answering everyone’s questions, coming to visit me, checking in on me, offering to help with Em’s birthday, doing my hair (she deserves another thanks for that), and generally everything she does.

And finally, those who loved me so much they cried.

My heart is full. My pantry is full. Our tummies are FULL.

Thank you from the bottom of my bipolar heart.

Lori