January 5th

Blue Monday Meme @ Smiling Sally's Blog

Sorry friends I have been kind of MIA lately.

I found out I have two auto-immune diseases.

One is Alopecia Aereta and the other is Diabetes.
Two of my siblings have Diabetes and so did my Paternal
Grandma so I am familiar with the disease but it sure
isn't anything I wanted along with everything else.

I also have Psoriatic Athritis  and Sciatica.

How did I get so lucky you ask?  I have no clue.

I had never heard of Alopecia but started losing massive

amounts of hair and have about six bald patches so far on my scalp.

My hair is shoulder length so many of the patches are covered up so far.

But I will probably have to wear a cap or wig soon to work.

So with all this going on my Dad is back in the hospital. He has

fluid on his lungs, kidneys not doing good and he has Alzheimers
He is so sad and confused and it is so hard on my Mom leaving him
in the hospital at night.
On a bright note we went to the St Louis Botanical Gardens Garden Glow.
Here are a few photos I shot. It was so cold out and I forgot my camera
so didn't take many photos but it was truly beautiful!