Long break - just saying hi!

My Sparking activities have been completely interrupted for - as my last status tells me - 88 days. Doesn't sound long put like that but feels like a lifetime. I'm not good at going thro bad times - don't want to put them on others by sharing - and I never know how to put on a happy face that I don't feel. So I figured the best thing was to lie low. My partner has been ill since June and I've been running round a lot nursing him This week sees him a lot better but there are various procedures and treatments he still has to go through - so we'll see. Need an emoticon for crossed fingers - please cross yours for him.
I just want to say to everyone and that I hope your lives are all going well. Hope to be back Sparking on a regular basis again now - but any of this could yet get in the way.
to all in the meantime