What LG said really hit me... if given the chance he'll never take that for granted again.
I think we are all reminding ourselves that if we are lucky enough to be here, as long as we live and love we'll be piecing. and Aud said: "Learning to look forward to the future, find and focus on the joy in our lives today, challenge the flashbacks that pull our attention into the pain of the past...these are the things that will distance us from that very pain and launch us forward to the possibility of a much better tomorrow."
That's what we need to focus on. I printed out Cat's 2X4. Doh! I coulda' had a V8.
It's so easy to fall into the trap of allowing their past behavior to dictate what we expect from them while we are asking them to believe in the changes we went through while they weren't even looking. They are watching now.
Bravery is trusting yourself despite everything else around you. WE are all gonna make it. We don't have to trust people we can't control, because we can trust ourselves.