r.e.m offers advice.

when the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone...when you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on...don't let yourself go...'cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes...sometimes everything is wrong...now it's time to sing along...when your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on)...if you feel like letting go, (hold on)when you think you've had too much of this life...well hang on...'cause everybody hurts...take comfort in your friends...everybody hurts...don't throw your hand...oh, no...don't throw your hand...if you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone...if you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long...when you think you've had too much of this life to hang on...well, everybody hurts sometimes...everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes and everybody hurts sometimes...so, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on...everybody hurts...you are not alone

i tell you these last few days have been hella hard, and this is just the beginning...only if that dagnab 'easy button' actually worked...i think melindy and i would have one permanently attached to our hand right about now...we both are stressed, and at moments it's hard to see clearly, what the other's point of view is...we have to take a step back and say to one another "hey, i'm on your side." we've been forgetting that lately. (in sickness and in health). we are not alone.