The responses above are really helpful. Thanks for taking time to write, Wendy and Beatrice!!
Oh wow, in other news, I forgot to even tell all of you my book has been published. I've been so distracted I've not paid much attention!
Anyway I wanted everyone to know that I thanked all of you in my acknowledgments. I thanked "the members of the DB board and online friends." That means all of you. I didn't want to put anything strongly identifying the name of the board or MLC or anything to protect identities, but that generalized phrase refers to each and every person who has written to me or listened or inspired me from these boards. I could not have written that book without the wisdom and support from people here. And I wanted to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for what you've done, for me and really, for each other.
M45 Bomb 6/09; EA 6/10; Divorced 1/11 Proud single mom of 7 little feline girls and one little feline boy "Fall down 53 times. Get up 54." -- Zen saying