I don't see how thanking her helps you? Here's the real issue: what do you need to do to be authentically you regardless of what she does? What do you also need to do to cut the ties? For yourself?
I think that's more the guide than anything else.
My $0.04 worth.
AJ
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" MLK Put the glass down... "Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."