i have been thinking about your post for a day now and have been struggling with how to reply bc i do not want to project my stuff onto you
i feel as if we are similar in many ways, most of all in our desire to have and show love and compassion to all.. for me, in the last few months, i know that i have realized that my love and compassion needs to include myself, in fact it needs to start there and flow out from there... this is contrary to what i have thought or done for all of my life.
so i guess what i am saying is.... that as you consider who you want to be in this decision, remember to have love and compassion for val. that being said, i am not saying as much about your decision as how you approach the process of making it..