"Tests are a gift. And great tests are a great gift. To fail the test is a misfortune. But to refuse the test is to refuse the gift, and something worse, more irrevocable, than misfortune." From Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold For some reason, maybe because there is more down-time, or maybe because the wretched humidity encourages such growth; like flies, summer is a time when the little larvae of insecurity and desires start to grow large, pupate and swarm... Ok, I may have bugs on the brain too this time of year, because as anyone who works outside can attest, bugs are the worst thing ever and ever. So are bad thoughts. Thoughts that start out as larvae of resentment or frustration and pupate into full blown depression or anxiety that no bug dope on this earth is strong enough to relieve. Exhibit A: A young(ish) mother with some of the world yet to see and live, accepts the gift of a child to keep, raise and love forever and ever. Immedi