Rocked.
Sorry. I got your post, just forgot to respond.

The roller coaster is common to us all. I have been surprised, though, at how many acknowledge deep, despairing moments of hopelessness...which they overcame!

Thank you, Rocked, but we are all coping with a devastating time with inner strength and with the best choices we can make under circumstances not of our choosing.

No, SIL is coping best she can with a beloved sister and a BIL she really likes & vice versa. Whenever I start to succumb to an "I hurt..." over Stepson, Stepdaughter, or SIL, I reframe it to the real truth: "They hurt!" It helps put it in perspective.

BTO, baby! "Let it Ride", "Give It Time". "Roll On Down The Highway" Oh, yeah!

Gardener

"My soul, be satisfied with flowers,
With fruit, with weeds even; but gather them
In the one garden you may call your own."
Cyrano deBergerac