This is the very first time I have written a blog. Maybe it is a good way to help myself get better. I hope so. I have a feeling I may be doing a lot of crying during this too. I think I will do this by subject, rather than chronological order. The pets I had, and didn't: I can't remember my life before age 5 or 6. There may be a few glimpses of family, Christmas, playing in the woods across the street, the kittens the black cat (who we later named Halloween) gave birth to under our trailer. The