"Why now? Any of the vets care to weigh in on that question or any of the ones above?"
Here's the answer. Stop trying to read into why she is or isn't doing something. You aren't going to get any answers by guessing. The only person who knows why she's doing what she's doing is her.
Don't spend your time and waste your effort on something that you could be totally off base about. Keep concentrating on you.
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.
