Sometimes, it feels like fighting through cobwebs.

Although most of my columns are pretty personal, this one is maybe more so than the rest. But that’s how I am. I deal with most of my troubles by shedding light on them, because it’s likely that you share some of those same challenges.

For most of my life, I’ve suffered from depression. Sometimes, mostly when I was younger, it was debilitating. Age, I have to say, has made it less so, and my accomplishments — a wonderful job, a profitable book store, successful children, a good marriage, good friends, and new friends in the music world — make my issues take a back seat to joy on most days.

Believe me, I know I am lucky. But still, there are days........

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