Yes, despite the crapstorm I am grateful for much. I have an unbelievably great relationship with my 2 kids, I have resurrected old friendships that I deeply love and treasure-including pretty good ones with XW #1 and her family-I am in OK shape for a 56 year old geezer and yes, my relationship with God is bursting at the seams.
It's amazing how this seems to happen on the timeline -- I've noticed it myself. The first few months, you can hardly move because of the pain. Then, as time goes on, you start to realize just how many good things have sprung from that one awful thing... Kind of like flowers growing in the wreckage of a burned-out building.
