Maybell XXXIV: Expecto Patronum!

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MB, I love your thread title. I read your thread often and I'm always impressed with how strong and articulate you are. Keep focusing on the happy and projecting that for the world to see.

Also, I sort of hesitate to mention this because it sounds so vain, but... I'm becoming aware of myself as attractive. Before all this happened I barely thought of myself as pretty, and I certainly never heard that I was.

I don't think you should hesitate to mention this at all! It's good to be confident in yourself and your looks are a part of that. Recognizing that you're attractive doesn't make you conceited or vain. IMO, it just means you're starting to value yourself as a person, not just a mother/wife/friend or any other label we let ourselves get lost in.

I do want to remind anyone reading this to carry the "save me" banner, not the "save my marriage" banner. You are WORTH IT -- and for the marriage to be worth saving, you must be your real, best self.

Excellent advice - It's the essence of DB.