You are becoming a friend to yourself. Oh how important it is to like oneself so that one can allow themselves to love others.
I found this to be the most poignant point. I truly hope that my darling will get on the same pathway that you were able to find, SC. It would make all the difference in the world. The happiness that has flittered through her finger tips would suddenly be readily attainable. Until the self image and self esteem issues are roundly addressed, as you have done, then the earlier events in her life will continue sabotage that happiness.
