Your not being rude. I'm not trying to keep it a secret or anything. I just didn't want anyone to think that I was cold or insensitive since, in spite of my dilema, that I was going to continue posting on the forums.
I've explained this to John in some detail, but apparantly my neice was kidnapped and taken to Puerto Rico. While she has been able to contact us, she can't get off the island on her own and she's not real sure where she's at exactly. I've been virtually useless in helping my family out having been laid up with this busted leg and all.
I guess I was concerned that maybe saying that outright was conveying too much information. And I didn't want anyone to think badly of me or not take me seriously when they saw me continue to post on the forums. But this place has become a routine for me and, with all the other stuff going on in my life besides my poor niece, it is one way for me to take my mind of off my anxieties for a few moments a day. I've gotten used to every morning getting up, giving my daughter her medicine, slumping her over one shoulder and logging onto the forums. (And right now I have to do that in a wheelchair. Fun times.)
But since I am penned up for the time being I thought I'd try and use this one resource available to me. If anyone is from Puerto Rico they can give a me a PM then maybe we can try to figure out at least where my neice might be located. Thanks to all for thier understanding.