I do think living this and feeling the pain will make us stronger and better either in our renewed relationships with our spouses or new ones.
I don't know about stronger. I suppose so. Other than my M, I've had a lot of pain in my life. My parents were D when I was young. My brother was schizophrenic. My mother died when I was 15. My youngest son is autistic. Did all of this make me stronger? Well, I suppose it did, but it didn't make me happy ;-} I sometimes think "strong" is overrated.
