Hi Deauxlie--this is an interesting analogy...I like it.
I think I'm to the point now that I accept everything that happened, and the pain is mostly gone. We seem to be in a much better place...better than before everything went so terribly wrong. Not perfect, but better. Hallelujah!
Secretly, though, I do believe in some kind of karma...and while I don't really wish her ill, I hope that dog never shows its face in my world again.