I really don't know where to start. i am not as close to God as I would like or need to be. I am a back slider. This year, no more than we are in it, has been really bad. My father passed away, my youngest daughter is going to have surgery, and on and on and on. (The two listed is the major ones, the others are small miner things.) I keep telling myself things will get better. I feel like my faith is failing. I seem to stay depressed. I don't know where else to turn. Please pray for me and my family.