Oddly, in response to hearing what the aforementioned friend went through, I wrote this back in 2008.

"Even though W and I have been together for upwards of 13 years, she is still a mystery to me in many ways. There is something powerful and yet scary about that."

Had I only known just how scary. I guess that was a bit of a premonition.
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"In the midst of winter,
I found there was, within me,
an invincible summer."
-- Albert Camus

Me:39 WAW:38
M:9 T:19, No Kids
EA/PA with co-worker:9/24, ILYBINILWY, S:9/25
EA/PA ongoing, MC 9/30-1/10
No contact 1/10 - present