Hey blueeyes, I totally understand where you are coming from, this is when good friends over the holidays come in to play. Even if it is just a call from them or even an invite to a get together is a welcome thing. Try not to stay in, get out and enjoy your "chosen family" and your birth family if they are around. Sometimes it is hard to count our blessings but they are there, roofs over our heads, food to eat, people that love us, this thread
. Yeah I know, I have been accused of being an eternal optimist but I kind of like that! If we all reached out to someone, we would feel better too. Hang in there blueeyes!