Karma, there will be no more sweet cycle. I doubt if WH would ever believe it possible anyway. You are right there isn't much can be done except be aware.
Gan, I love the image of the dress, it's interesting many years ago in my hippy shoeless days I had a multilayered white shimmery cheesecloth dress with angel sleeves which I bought from a shop called Biba in London. I spent many hours sewing pearl beads and shimmery sequin butterflies on it. I felt beautiful in that dress. As pale as moonlight with waist length strawberry blonde hair. Oh and I had a braided headband, it was quite the rage.
I have accepted that it will take a long time to heal from this abuse, only I can walk this path and after I stumble a little or divert or feel distress, you have my full permission to walk a while and ease the journey. I understand your concern and difficulty with posting here and am so glad to have such a wise and gentle adventurous guide urging me to heal.
The Lady V thing has always amused me a little, Edz started this and there used to be a puppet show called stingray with a character called Lady P in it, I imagined that to be the slightly humorous Edz style reference. When I read it, it makes me smile. a quirky UK TV series with the catch phrase "thunderbirds are go". I am not an aristocrat more the supermarrionette character in the TV series.
I am truly blessed and surrounded by love here on the board.
Sandi if you are about, I still light the votive for your H and D every day.
As I meditate I think of my DB travellers and their problems, I ask my higher power to guide me.
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Freedom is just another word for nothing left to loose. V 64, WAW