Embracing the suck, I think means letting your emotions run their course. You allow it to run its course b/c you can handle it.
^^This. Rather than try to "fix" everything immediately, which often (for me) led to sweeping it under the rug, or putting my head in the sand.
GIMA, I hope you enjoy your time away. Although I'm a blue water Navy guy, and I love the open ocean, I grew up in the NW, and my heart belongs to the clear, cold, fresh water of streams and lakes. Nothing better than a cup of coffee at sunrise on the banks of a stream or lake. Sigh. Enjoy.
