Smilin, I'm laughing outloud here. What a great post! Sounds like you hang out with a bunch of whiners who don't know how to be grateful for the good things in life. Oops, sorry. Don't mean to offend you. I guess I'm laughing because I often hear the very same things!

I remember when my mom's life started in this direction. Every single time she got off the phone we would hear who was sick, who was in the hospital, who had to go to the doctors. As the years wore on and we received calls from Mom we would continue to get the reports on everyone's health. Now my Dad gets the reports because she's on with a bigger and better lifestyle! I swear it dragged her down and it drags him down.

Your post is really making me think that we need to share the good news and give only teeny details about the dumb little illnesses in life. We all have them and unless it's soemthing grave, we should keep our mouths SHUT!

What a perfect time for a resolution.