Looking for support from other WAS's

[lost3031]

[/quote]If you are not happy with yourself no one else could be happy with you either

The happiness we are all searching for is within our selves[quote]

Wise words, alexjadams. I've heard them thousands of times over the last few months and I know they are true. Most of the time I try to keep them in the forefront of my mind but it is just so easy to let others get you down and make you unhappy. I try to think of this time that I am apart from H as the time that I need to become, as you put it, Found3031. Somedays I think I am really getting there. Other days, not so much...

I'm not sure I really buy into the whole "father" aspect of your post. True, I'm not close to my father and never really have been, but I'm not one to put all the blame on my parents for all of my shortcomings and the mistakes I make in life. Still, food for thought...